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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Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After circa AD 146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
DIVA FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and placing her left on shield set on the ground. RIC 366; Cohen 73. 3.27gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Honorius AE Nummus. AD 401-403. Antioch mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust three-quarters facing to right, holding spear and shield / CONCORDIA AVGG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head to right, right foot on prow, holding Victory and sceptre; ANTΓ in exergue. RIC 99; LRBC 2798. 2.38gr, 16mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA [•], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre in her left; CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 34; LRBC 1047. 1.37gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
