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LOT 3379
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 322-325. 1st officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT • XX in two lines above crescent within wreath; PT in exergue. RIC VII 167. Near Extremely Fine.(2.81gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor, BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...]S P F AVG; incuse of reverse / HILARITAS AVGG, Hilaritas standing to left, holding long branch with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V.2 80; cf. RIC V.4 801. 2.36gr, 19mm.
Extremely Fine. Brockage of reverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding serpent in her arms. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.13gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Valerian II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 256-258.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 256. VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / IOVI CRESCENTI, infant Jupiter riding goat to right. RIC V.1 3 (Lugdunum); MIR 907e. 2.99gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
