LOT 3656
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-331. Treveri mint. Uncertain officina.
VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left, wearing imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, head reverted, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above, TRP•(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 529. Good Fine.(2.32gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3656
City Commemorative BI Nummus.
Estimate £10 - 20€12 - 23 (for guidance only)$14 - 27 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Group of Three [3] AR and AE Roman Coins. 2nd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
Comprising: Denarius of Faustina II (Junior) 127-175 AD, a Follis of Constantine (The Great) 306-337 AD, and one other. 8.89gr total, 18-21mm.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
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. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Estimate: £400 - 600 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £300
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.28gr, 21mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 233, 6 October 2015, lot 2470. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 487. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
