LOT 3302
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 309. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / MARTI PATRI CONSERVATORI, Mars standing to right, holding spear and resting hand on shield; T F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 829 var. (bust not cuirassed). Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Very rare bust type.(5.89gr, 26mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Allectus, Romano-British Emperor AE Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
‘C’ mint. 4th officina. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley with oarsmen, mainmast and sails to left; Q C in exergue. RIC V 128. 2.20gr, 20mm, 8h
Near Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector. -
Trajan AE Quadrans. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 114-117. [IMP CAES TRAIAN] AVG GERM, laureate bust of Hercules to right, draped with lion skin / Club; S C across fields. RIC II 699; Woytek 603b; BMCRE 1071-2. 2.79gr, 14mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 337-350.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 348-350. 1st officina. D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor standing facing, head to left, on prow of galley sailed to left by Victory seated to left at stern, holding Victory on globe with right hand and labarum with Christogram with left, A in left field; (star)PLG in exergue. RIC VIII 105; Bastien 205. 4.53gr, 24mm, 12h
Good Very Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
