LOT 3195
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 335.
Antioch mint. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, each holding spear, two standards between; SMANΔ in exergue. RIC VII 86. Very Fine.(2.02gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 1.91gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. -
Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Rome mint; struck AD 104-107. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS V P P, radiate bust to right, drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Victory standing to right, fastening shield inscribed VIC DAC to palm; S C across fields. RIC II 531; Woytek 210b. 12.78gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Mayfair, London, UK, collection. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Rome mint; struck AD 140-144. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / IMPERA-TOR II, Victory advancing to left, holding shield inscribed BRI-TAN; S C across lower fields. RIC III 732; Cohen 442. 11.49gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Beautiful dark cypress-green patina.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Antoninus Pius received his second imperial acclamation, as recorded in this coin's reverse legend (IMPERATOR II), for the victory by his governor in Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, over the Brigantes. It was Urbicus who also constructed the Antonine Wall in Scotland between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, which was to be the northernmost frontier barrier of the Roman Empire.
