LOT 3386
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 326-327. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets, star above; •ASIS• in exergue. RIC VII 200. Extremely Fine.(2.97gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceEx M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Trajan Decius AE Sestertius. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Rome mint; struck AD 249. IMP CAES C MESS Q DECIO TRAI AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DACIA, Dacia standing to left, holding staff topped with head of ass; S C across fields. RIC IV 101b; Cohen 22. 15.41gr, 29mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Tooled.
Ex David Miller, Hampstead, UK. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Serdica mint. 6th emission, spring AD 274. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe with left, two captives seated to left and to right at feet; T in exergue. RIC V.1 279; MER-RIC 2650 (temporary). 5.02gr, 23mm, 7h.
Mint State. Attractive old cabinet tone with light gold iridescence around the devices.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 796. -
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.
