LOT 3381
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 330-335. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and shield, two standards between them; SMNA in exergue. RIC VII 188. Extremely Fine.(2.09gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Alexandria mint; struck AD 333-335. 1st officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 63. 2.48gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantius II AR Reduced Siliqua. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 360-361. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA DD NN AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; LVG in exergue. RIC VIII 210; RSC 259c var. (bust type). 1.71gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped; flan crack at 10h.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; S P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 321. 4.69gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
