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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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Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 92-94. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
[IMP] CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XVI CENS PER [P P], laureate head to right / Domitian standing to left, holding thunderbolt and spear, being crowned by Victory standing to left behind him; S C in exergue. RIC II.1 752; BMCRE 465. 23.26gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 299-300. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Є in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC 53a. 9.69gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand; S P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 118; CT 8.09.024; RML 810. 3.34gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
