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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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 274. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding anchor. RIC V.4, 822; Elmer 779. 2.29gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 324-337. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and resting hand upon shield; two signa between them; RFT in exergue. RIC 329. 3,01gr, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Repatinated.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 156-157. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP II, laureate head to right / TR POT XX COS IIII, Anonna standing facing, head to right, holding rudder in her right hand and supporting modius on her knee with left, her left foot resting on prow. RIC III 260; BMC 883; Cohen 1016. 3.31gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
