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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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 324. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in two lines within laurel wreath; TSBVI in exergue. RIC VII 128. 3.15gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Arcadius AE Maiorina. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 383-395. 3rd officina. D N ARCAD-IVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield; hand of God holding wreath above / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding standard and resting on shield; captive seated to left, head to right; TESΓ[•?] in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 45a. 4.36gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising skirt; CA in exergue. RIC V.1 61 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3289 (temporary). 3.30gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
