LOT 3554
Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 307. Rome mint. 4th officina.
CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / CONSERVATORES VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple, plain pediment; R(star)Q in exergue. RIC VI 196. Near Extremely Fine.(5.81gr, 25mm, 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 the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 5th(?) officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Є(?) below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3107. 3.32gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CRISPVS CAESAR in two lines; star above, SMANTE below. RIC VII 58. 1.83gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Jovian AR Siliqua. AD 363-364. Constantinople(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
D N IOVIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Laurel wreath enclosing VOT V MVL X in four lines; TCONST(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 331. 1.66gr, 17mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
