LOT 3655
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-335. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left, wearing imperial mantle / She-wolf to left suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above, •SMKA in exergue. RIC VII 105. Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.(2.37gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3655
City Commemorative BI Nummus.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
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Diocletian BI Radiate. AD 295-299. Cyzicus mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and leaning on sceptre; K Γ in central field. RIC VI 16a. 3.32gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Nero Claudius Drusus Fourrée Denarius. Died 9 BC. Lugdunum mint. Possibly a British imitation.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, head of Nero Claudius Drusus to left, wearing oak wreath / Triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue to right between two trophies with seated and bound captives, the rider holding spear in his right hand; above and on architrave, DE GERM. For prototype: RIC 70; BMC 97; CBN 3; Cohen 2. 2.77gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275. Rome mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.1 82 var. (mintmark); MER-RIC 3248 (temporary). 4.55gr, 20mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, dealer.
