LOT 3385
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath with jewel at apex enclosing VOT • XX in three lines; •AQP• in exergue. RIC VII 85. Near Extremely Fine.(3.30gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceEx M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 300-301. 2nd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; K in left field, B over V in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 9.36gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Local imitation. IMP C [...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PA[...], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. 1.62gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 330. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, holding inverted spears and leaning on shields, two standards between them; RFS in exergue. RIC VII 328. 2.40gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
