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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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / SPES AVGG, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising robe. RIC V.2 270. 3.50gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Tetricus I or II BI Antoninianus. AD 272-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Uncertain mint. Incuse of reverse / [SPES P]VBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising hem of skirt with left. For reverse type cf. RIC V.1 135 (Tetricus I, Treveri); cf. RIC V.2 272 (Tetricus II, Treveri). 1.79gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. Until the late 3rd century AD brockages showing the reverse are much less common since mint workers would be more likely to see the stuck coin in the anvil die. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Contemporary imitation. IMP C POSTVMVS [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VBERITAS AVG, Uberitas standing facing, head to left, holding cow's udder with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V 330. 2.61gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
