LOT 3296
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath enclosing VOT • X X; BSIS(star) below. RIC VII 159. Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina; some original silvering remaining.(3.49gr, 19mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private collection, UK.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Treveri (?) mint; struck mid AD 269. IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, with right hand raised and holding whip in left; star to left. Cf. RIC V.2 113; cf. RIC V.4 507. 2.21gr, 20mm, 2h
Extremely Fine. Unsual issue of Victorinus with the portrait of Postumus, which seems to have been struck at the beginning of his reign.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Geta, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 198-209.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 200-202. P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed and draped bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC 9a. 2.14gr, 19mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector. -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Siscia mint; struck AD 319-320. 5th officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / VICT • LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines on altar inscribed S; • ЄSIS • in exergue. RIC VII 88. 3.18gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
