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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Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 297-299. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquid flows; KB(?) in exergue. RIC VI 11a. 10.47gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Vespasian AE Dupondius. AD 69-79.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Rome mint; struck AD 74. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.
From UK private collection. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint; struck February-autumn AD 98. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head to right / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC II 17; Cohen 292; BMCRE 14; Woytek 24a. 2.88gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
