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LOT 3046
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-333. Treveri mint. 2nd 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; TRS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 547. Near Extremely Fine.(2.13gr, 18mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFound Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. Struck circa AD 311-312. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Prince standing to left, holding globe and reversed spear, star in right field; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 227; C&T 7.07.020; RML 471. 4.90gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving quadriga to left, holding whip and globe and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 203. 4.49gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / OQIPM AVG(?), female figure standing to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera with her right. 4.66gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Thick flan.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
