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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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / APOLLINI CONS, griffin walking to left; MSC in exergue. RIC V 196. 3.32gr, 21mm, 7h.
Fair. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Decentius, as Caesar AE Centenionalis AD 350/1-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
Contemporary imitation of Lugdunum/Ambianum mint. D N DECENTIVS NOB CIIES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIIIE DD NN HVG E CIIE, two Victories standing facing each other, between them holding a shield resting on a short column, inscribed VOT V MVLT + in four lines; S V across lower central field, (palm)HMB(palm) in exergue. Bastien pl. 17, 32/3; Cohen-; RIC -; LRBC -. 2.80gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This interesting ancient imitative piece combines both the mintmark of the mint at Ambianum, and the reverse field letters S-V which are only found on issues of Lugdunum. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 241-243. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing to right, resting one hand on hip and other on club set on rock; lion skin beside club. RIC IV 95; RSC 404. 4.07gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
