LOT 3087
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 1st (?) officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath enclosing VOT • X X; A(?)SIS(star) below. RIC VII 159. Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.(3.08gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private collection, UK.
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Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint; struck AD 323-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmetted and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 287; C&T 9.05.039; RML 1055. 3.08gr, 19mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Ex Langtoft Hoard; Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / PACI • ORB TERR • AVG, turreted and draped female bust to right, [EPHE (ligate)] below. RIC II.1 1433; BMCRE 459; RSC 293. 3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Some delamination on obverse.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 337-350.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 348-350. 1st officina. D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constans standing to left on galley holding phoenix on globe and labarum with Christogram; at stern sits Victory, steering the ship; TESA below. RIC VIII 109. 4.60gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
