LOT 3390
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 316. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, raising one hand and holding globe; T F across fields, ATR in exergue. RIC VII 95. Good Very Fine.(2.65gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate bust to left wearing ornate trabea, holding Victory on globe in right hand and mappa in left / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 2.88gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck March AD 291 - October 292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX [AVG], Pax standing to left, holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; S in left field, P in right field, MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 118; Webb 139. 3.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 258-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 269-270. 2nd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / AEQVIT-AS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left; S in exergue. RIC V.1 137; MER-RIC 55 (temporary). 2.32gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Dark green patina. Flan crack at 12h.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
