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LOT 3049
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 333-334. Lugdunum 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; (star)PL[C] in exergue. RIC VII 266. Near Extremely Fine.(2.01gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330-335. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, diademed and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers helmeted, standing facing one another, reversed spear in outer hands, inner hands on shields resting on ground; between them two standards; SMANЄ in exergue. RIC VII 87. 2.21gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Gallienus Bi Antoninianus. Imitative specimen after the Rome mint issues of AD 267-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GALLIEN[VS A]VG, radiate head to right / [APOLLINI] COS AVG, griffin to left; L in exergue. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 166 (sole reign); cf. MIR 718b; cf. RSC 76. 2.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 133-135. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
SABINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / IVNO-NI REGINAE, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RIC 2550 (Hadrian); Cohen 43. 3.28gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
