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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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left on shield, presenting Victory to emperor, standing to right; wreath above. MIR 1701m. 3.33gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, Mars walking to right, holding spear and trophy. RIC V.2 57 (Lugdunum); RSC 273a. 3.49gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS •, camp gate with eight rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, MNΔ below. RIC VII 128. 3.38gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
