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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Nerva AR Denarius. AD 97. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P II COS III P P, laureate head to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, holding corn ears in right hand. RIC - (cf. 33 for Aureus); Cohen 60; BMC p. 9 note; CBN 44. 3.14gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, acquired 1985-1995, thence by descent 2025. -
Severus II BI Nummus. AD 306-307. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C FLA VAL SEVERVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, modius on head to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquid flows; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30. 9.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From 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. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-299. Cyzicus(?) mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K(?)Є in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 12a. 10.80gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
