LOT 3776
Constantine I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 307. Carthage mint. 4th officina.
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. Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.(11.27gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / P M TR P II COS P P, Maximinus standing facing, head to left, between two standards, raising right hand in salute and holding spear in left. RIC 3; BMC 77; Cohen 55. 3.33gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 300-301. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left with modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K V across fields, B to upper right, ANT in exergue. RIC 55a. 8.44gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-335. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma to left / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; above, two stars and three pellets; SMNS in exergue. RIC 195. 2.31gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
