LOT 3391
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Rome mint; struck AD 329-330. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XXX in two lines within wreath; RFP below. RIC VII 322. Good Very Fine.(3.30gr, 21mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
'C' (Camulodunum) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed(?) bust to right / FID[...], Fides standing to left, holding signum in each hand; S P across field, mintmark below. Cf. RIC V 225. 3.04gr, 23mm, 6h.
Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Heraclea mint; struck AD 297-298. 1st officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 10.05gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Nash collection, 1990s-2000s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Rome mint; struck AD 246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748.
