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LOT 3048
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 335/7. Alexandria mint. 1st officina.
CONSTAN-TINOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 71. Near Extremely Fine.(2.75gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 4th officina. Abdication issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; Δ above KP in lower centre, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 109. 5.94gr, 24mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Group of Ten [10] Large Roman Provincial and Imperial AE Coins. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: Sestertius, As and large AE's of various emperors and reverse types. 104gr total, 22-33 mm.
Good to Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing facing, head to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing VOT X on shield set on trunk of palm tree; S C across fields. RIC IV 616; Cohen 567; BMCRE 643. 15.34gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
