LOT 3193
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
London mint; struck AD 310. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate Sol standing facing, head to left with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; T F across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 121a; C&T 6.02.010; RML 249. Good Very Fine.(5.09gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3193
Constantine I BI Nummus.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Vespasian AE Sestertius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,820
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG P M TR P P P COS III, laureate head to right / Mars advancing to right holding spear with his right hand and trophy over his left shoulder; S C across fields. RIC II.1 247; Cohen 440; BMCRE 568. 27.47gr, 33mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive dark olive-green patina.
From the collection of Dr F. R. Meyer-Coloniensis, Part III, Münz Zentrum Köln 64, 15 April 1988, 158. Ex Munzen & Medaillen AG Basel, List 523, July 1989, no. 32. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIX, 26 March 2020, lot 805. Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Antioch mint; struck AD 285. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, emperor standing to right, holding parazonium and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; ЄΔ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 325. 3.81gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 5th officina. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; T in left field, VXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 517; Pink VI/1, p. 66. 3.74gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
