LOT 3713
Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. Circa summer AD 307. Treveri mint.
1st officina. FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI, Mars advancing to right, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left; S A in fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 730. Very Fine.(6.23gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Leo I AE 10mm. AD 457-474. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[D] N LEO P F [AVG], pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right, within wreath. RIC X 674 ff. 1.33gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 1619. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Magnentius Æ Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, Chi-Rho, flanked by A and Ѡ, PPLG* in exergue. Cf. RIC 158. 4.51gr, 24mm, 6h.
Fine. Scarce.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Pupienus AR Denarius. AD 238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,954
IMP C M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX PVBLICA, Pax seated to left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC 4; RSC 22. NGC graded Ch AU 5/5 - 5/5 (#6773120-001).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
