LOT 3555
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322-324. London mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANT-INVS AG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRA-NQLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOT•IS XX in three lines; three stars above, F B in fields; PLON below. RIC VII 246; C&T 9.06.016. Near Very Fine.(2.58gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-299. Cyzicus(?) mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K(?)Є in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 12a. 10.80gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-221. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing facing, head to left, emptying cornucopia held with both hands; in field to right, eight-pointed star. RIC IV 56; BMC 192; Cohen 1. 2.82gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIM AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE ROMANVS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC II 672; Woytek 534v; Banti 106. 26.35gr, 34mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
