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LOT 3382
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT • XX in three lines within laurel wreath, jewel at apex; ΓSIS in exergue. RIC VII 148. Extremely Fine.(2.62gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 317-318. 1st officina. FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI • IVVENTVTIS, prince advancing to right, holding transverse spear and globe; F-T across fields, •ATR in exergue. RIC VII 173. 2.92gr, 23mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Rome mint; struck AD 268-269. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GENIVS EXERCI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC V.1 48; MER-RIC 229 (temporary). 2.99gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Mediolanum mint; struck mid AD 268. In the name and types of Postumus. 2nd officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONC[ORD E]QVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera and rudder, foot on prow of ship; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; cf. RIC V.4 (Postumus) 446; Elmer 613. 2.64gr, 21mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
