LOT 3854
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Alexandria mint. 1st officina.
D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier advancing to right, head to left, holding inverted spear in his left hand and leading barbarian with his right from hut under tree; ALEA in exergue. RIC VIII 60; LRBC 2820. Good Very Fine.(4.56gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Roman Imperial, Constantine I Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Incuse of uncertain deity standing to right and holding object / Incuse of SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; R-F across fields, R(star)T in exergue. For reverse cf. RIC VII 19 (Nummus of Constantine I, Rome). 4.89gr, 28mm, 11h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA [•], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre in her left; CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 34; LRBC 1047. 1.37gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE Dupondius. AD 232. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt in his raised right hand and eagle in his left; S C across field. RIC 632; BMC 827 note; Cohen 88. 11.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
