LOT 3197
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 318-319. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmetted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar; STR in exergue. RIC VII 209. Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost intact.(3.14gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3197
Constantine I BI Nummus.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 293-311.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint; struck circa AD 309-310. 4th officina. GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing to left, holding apple and drapery; Δ and star across fields, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 58. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Antioch mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.22gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Augustus Fourrée Denarius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Head to right, wearing oak wreath / CAESAR above, AVGVSTVS below, S P above and Q R beneath shield inscribed CL V; laurel branches (or trees) flanking. For prototype: RIC I 36a; ACIP 4037; RSC 51. 2.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Light old cabinet tone.
Acquired from cgb.fr, Paris on 11 December 2010.
