LOT 3091
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
London mint; struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / COMITI AVGG NN, Sol standing to left, holding globe with right hand and whip with left; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 153; C&T 7.03.006; RML 307. Good Very Fine.(4.49gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, collector; collector's ticket included.
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LOT 3091
Constantine I BI Nummus.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 87. [IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII] CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / [VIRTVTI] AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC II.1 550; BMCRE 404. 10.04gr, 28mm, 6h.
Fine. Edges having been tapped to create raised rims.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Proto-contorniate is the modern term used to describe Roman Imperial and Provincial bronze coins of the first, second, and early third centuries with hammered-up edges. These raised edges on the rims probably occurred after these bronze issues no longer circulated and ceased to be part of the currency in general use. A common assumption is that proto-contorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi in Die Kontorniaten (Budapest, 1943) believed proto-contorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that proto-contorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being. -
Barbarous Imitations of Tetricus BI Antoniniani Group. AD 271-274.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Three barbarous imitations of Tetricus' issue; all from the same dies. 8.44gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1980-2015; From Abelita family collection. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29
Treveri mint; struck AD 260. IMP C POSTVMVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS PROVINCIARVM, river god Rhine reclining to left, resting arm on forepart of boat to left, cradling reed in left arm, which rests against urn to right. RIC V.2 87; RSC 355. 2.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
