LOT 3095
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Aquileia mint; struck AD 320. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines between two captives seated on the ground either side; S-F across fields, AQP in exergue. RIC VI 48. Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(2.89gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London mint. IM[P C CARAVSIVS P F?] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; S C across fields, ML in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 5.30gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in three lines within laurel wreath; PTR in exergue. RIC VII 433. 2.82gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
By inheritance; Property of a Lincolnshire lady. -
Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. British Victory issue. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, radiate head to right / IMPERATOR, Victory flying to right, holding trophy with both hands, pointing upward to right; S C across lower fields. RIC III 724; Cohen 435. 14.36gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
