LOT 3325
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 341. Extremely Fine. Beautiful glossy, olive green patina.(3.23gr, 18mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 17 August 2004;
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-270. 5th officina. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre in left; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.37gr, 22mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Lot of 2 AE of Arcadius. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
1. Cyzicus mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AV, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT V within wreath; SMK[...] below. Cf. RIC IX 20d (obverse legend). 2. Constantinople mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding trophy with right hand and dragging captive behind her; staurogram in left field, CONSA in exergue. RIC IX 86c. 2.51gr total, 12-13mm
Near Very Fine - Very Fine.
Acquired at an UK art market; Property of an Essex collector; Collector's tickets included. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 285-286. 3rd officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius with her right hand and cornucopia with her left; C in right field. RIC V.2 77; Cohen 410; Bastien 13. 4.13gr, 22mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
