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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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 319. 1st officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICT LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines, on altar inscribed I; •ASIS• in exergue. RIC VII 87. 3.80gr, 19mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Extremely rare mintmark variant.
From a private collection, UK. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 266. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES AVG, Mercury standing to left, holding purse and caduceus; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 607 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1667k; RSC 219. 4.03gr, 22mm, 11h
Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Colonia Agrippinensis; struck AD 271-272. IMP TETRICVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. RIC V.1 71; RIC V.4 708; Elmer 783; AGK 3g. 1.71gr, 19mm, 6h
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
