LOT 4194
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 331. Cyzicus mint. 1st(?) officina.
CONSTANTINOPOLI, pearl-diademed, helmeted and mantled bust of Constantinopolis to left, holding sceptre / Victory standing to left, foot on prow, holding sceptre and resting hand on shield; SMKA(?) in exergue. RIC VII 92. Near Very Fine.(1.72gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4194
City Commemorative BI Nummus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck mid-late AD 263. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax advancing to left, holding olive branch in right hand and long sceptre in left. RIC V.4 217; AGK (corr.) 51; Cunetio 2405; Elmer 333. 2.56gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Drusus AE As. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
DRVSVS • CAESAR • TI • AVG • F • DIVI • AVG • N, bare head of Drusus to left / PONTIF • TRIBVN • POTEST • ITER • around large S C. RIC 45; BMC 99; CBN 78; Cohen 2. 10.41gr, 28mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 229. Rome mint.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P VIII COS III P P, emperor, laureate and togate, in decorated quadriga to right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre and reins; S C in exergue. RIC IV 495; Cohen 377; BMCRE 575. 18.15gr, 30mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
Ex TimeLine. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
