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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Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,125
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 3.55gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079. Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included). -
Honorius AR Siliqua. AD 393-423.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Mediolanum(?) mint. D N HONORI-VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS R[OMANORVM], Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and spear; [MDPS?] in exergue. Cf. RIC X 1228. 1.11gr, 14mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Clipped.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 330-331. 4th officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RBQ in exergue. RIC VII 338. 1.87gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
