LOT 3560
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-333. Thessalonica mint. 5th officina.
VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left wearing imperial cloak / She-wolf to left, suckling Romulus and Remus, two stars above, SMTSЄ in exergue. RIC 187. Very Fine.(2.77gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Arcadius BI 23mm. AD 383-388. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield, and being crowned by Manus Dei from above / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor standing to left, holding labarum and shield set on ground, to left, captive seated to right; cross in left field, T in right field, *ANTS in exergue. RIC IX 60 (2) var. (rosette-diademed). 6.32gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Divus Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck under Titus, AD 80-81. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
DIVVS AVGVSTVS VESPASIANVS, laureate head to right / S C on shield supported by two capricorns, with globe below. RIC II.1 357 (Titus); BMCRE 129-131 (Titus); RSC 497. 2.95gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing facing, head to left, drawing veil and holding transverse sceptre. RIC IV 58b (Decius); RSC 17. 4.29gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Essex. From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
