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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Pupienus AE Sestertius. April-July AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Rome mint. IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; S C in exergue. RIC IV 20; Cohen 7; BMCRE 43. 21.65gr, 32mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Lovely brown patina with light green highlights.
Ex London, Mayfair, UK, collection. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 262-263. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 2.85gr, 21mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 283. 3rd officina. IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / M[ARS] VICTOR, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy; C in right field. RIC V.2 386; Cohen 24. 3.76gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
