LOT 3853
Constans BI Nummus. AD 337-350. Uncertain mint.
CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath and palm; palm in centre field; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC 206 (Treveri). Near Very Fine.(1.52gr, 15mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 307. Carthage mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / CONSERVATOR AFRICAE SVAE, Africa standing facing, head to left, holding standard and tusk; at feet, lion to left with captured bull; SE F across fields, Δ in exergue. RIC VI 58. 11.27gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck November-December AD 275. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C CL TACITVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 14; Bastien 26; CBN 1403-5. 4.23gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Heraclea mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys across shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle standing to left, with wreath in beak; Δ in right field, SMHT in exergue. RIC VI 73. 2.75gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
