LOT 3294
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 314-315. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe(?) with left; F-T across fields, PLG in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 15. Good Very Fine.(2.88gr, 22mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
Antioch mint; struck AD 264-265. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MINERVA AVG, Minerva standing to right, holding shield and spear; palm in exergue. RIC V 651; MIR 36, 1634d; RSC 632. 3.41gr, 21mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.
From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.33. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 269. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IMP X COS V, Victory standing to right, holding wreath with right and palm branch with left hand. RIC V.2 289 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 144a. 2.56gr, 20mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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.
