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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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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. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Circa after AD 146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, throne, on which is a wreath and a sceptre. RIC (Pius) 377; BMCRE (Pius) 454; RSC 131. 3.11gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS III, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 243; Cohen 1192 var. (no drapery); BMC 1154. 22.74gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
