LOT 3395
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Antioch mint; struck AD 326-327. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no door, two turrets, star above and pellet within doorway; SMANTA in exergue. RIC VII 71. Good Very Fine.(2.86gr, 19mm, 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): £72
Treveri mint. IMP TETRI[...], radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [LA]ETITIA AVGG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC V.2 88 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.46gr, 22mm.
Mint State. Double struck.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Siscia mint; struck AD 328-329. 2nd officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets, no doors and star above; BSIS(double crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 214. 3.09gr, 19mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing, head to left, extending right arm and holding globe with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 611 (sole reign) var. (bust type); MIR 1663i; RSC 989. 3.91gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Ex property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
