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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Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-309.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £47
Aquileia mint; struck AD 305-306. 3rd officina. MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding sceptre over his right shoulder and shield on his left / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy over shoulder; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 71b; Paolucci 141. 7.12gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 348-354. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; SPLG in exergue. Unrecorded mintmark for Constantius II; SCBC 750. 2.14gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint; struck circa AD 126-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III, Annona (or Abundantia) seated to left, holding reaping hook in right hand and cornucopia in left; at feet to left, modius with grain ears. RIC II.3 854; Cohen 379; BMCRE 385. 2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
