LOT 3384
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 315-316. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, B in right field, •SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 15. Near Extremely Fine.(3.85gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint. [...]RICVS P F AVG, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right / VICTO[RIA] AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. Cf. RIC V.2 141. 2.47gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Rare reverse legend.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Carinus BI Antoninianus. AD 283-285.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 284. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR CARINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONS-ER, Carinus standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; B between, SMSXXI in exergue. RIC V 314; Pink VI/2, p. 44. 4.24gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 265-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRIT PERPET, Securitas standing facing, head to left, legs crossed, leaning on column with left arm and holding sceptre with right hand. RIC V.1 516 (Mediolanum, sole reign); MIR 591w; RSC 962. 4.58gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
