LOT 3809
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-335. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma to left / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; above, two stars and three pellets; SMNS in exergue. RIC 195. Very Fine.(2.31gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Licinius I AE Nummus. AD 316. Trier mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, T-S across field, BTR in exergue. RIC 120. 3.35gr, 20mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left with modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K V across fields, B to upper right, ANT in exergue. RIC 55a. 8.44gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter, naked, standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 298a; Cohen 111; Hunter 134. 22.24gr, 30mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
