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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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. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Rome mint; struck AD 228-231. IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VIRTV-S AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear and shield with her left. RIC IV 220; BMCRE 709 var. (bust type); RSC 579a. 3.64gr, 18mm, 2h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 318-319.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to right on shield, holding another shield inscribed X V in two lines; P R across fields, RT in exergue. RIC VII 146. 3.43gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
