LOT 3744
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 347-348. Cyzicus mint.
2nd officina. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier, with spear in hand, advancing to right with head reverted, leading small figure from hut beneath tree; SMKB in exergue. RIC VIII 72. Good Very Fine.(4.74gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR [CL QVINTILLVS AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [PAX AV]GVST[I], Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; A in left field. RIC V.1 26; MER-RIC 1126 (temporary). 2.46gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constans AE Nummus. AD 337-361. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath; palm in centre field; TRP in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 206. 2.09gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around VOT • X in two lines within laurel wreath; ST below. RIC VII 162 var. (bust to right); Bikic-Do hoard 983-984 var. (mintmark PT). 3.25gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
