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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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / SECVRIT AVG, Securitas standing facing, head left, legs crossed, leaning with left arm on column, sceptre in right hand; XI in right field. RIC V.I 31. 2.20gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 260-268. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath with right hand and supporting anchor with left. Cf. RIC V.1 489 (sole reign) (mintmark in exergue). 3.56gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.
From a London, UK, collection 1990s. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Second reign, AD 308-310.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Antioch mint; struck AD 309. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing to left, holding patera with right hand, from which liquid pours, and cornucopia with left; O above I in right field, ANT • in exergue. RIC VI 112a. 6.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
