LOT 3317
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 324-325. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with six rows, two turrets, no doors and star above; STR below. RIC VII 449. Extremely Fine. Attractive olive-green patina.(2.84gr, 18mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993;
Ex Spink & Son, 10 March 2004;
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
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Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines with captive seated on ground on either side; star in left field, STR in exergue. RIC VII 256. 3.75gr, 20mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Die break to obverse. Beautiful dark green patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Crispina, Augusta AE Dupondius. AD 178-182.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 180-183. CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC III 675 (Commodus); Cohen 7; BMCRE 427 (Commodus). 11.92gr, 27mm, 12h
Very Fine. Nice olive green patina.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Electrotype of Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 15-16.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum mint. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / TR POT XVII, Tiberius, laureate and cloaked, standing in slow quadriga to right, holding laurel branch and eagle-tipped sceptre; IMP VII in exergue. For prototype: RIC 4; Lyon 122; BMCRE 7; RSC 48. 4.22gr, 19mm, 9h
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
