LOT 3198
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Constantinople mint; struck circa late AD 327. 4th officina. Dafne Coinage. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, laurel and rosette-diademed head to right, with eyes to God / CONSTANTINI-ANA DAFNE, Victory seated to left on cippus, head to right, holding palm frond with each hand; to left, bound captive seated to left, head to right, at base of trophy; Δ in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 32. Good Very Fine.(3.27gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
FootnotesAccording to Eckhel (viii. 81), the most probable interpretation of the legend CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE is to be understood the castle or camp Dafne, constructed by Constantine I on the bank of the Danube.
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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. 5th officina. CONSTANTI-NOPOLIS, laureate and helmeted bust of Constantinopolis to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre / Victory standing to left on prow, holding transverse sceptre and resting hand on shield; RFЄ in exergue. RIC VII 332. 2.24gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Thessalonika mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate and draped bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two bound captives seated to left and to right at foot; S F across fields, •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VII, 83 var. 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Rome mint; struck AD 104-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, radiate bust to right, drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Victory standing to right, fastening shield inscribed VIC DAC to palm; S C across fields. RIC II 531; Woytek 210b. 12.78gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection.
