LOT 3714
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. Siscia mint.
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / VICT LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar inscribed I; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 95. Good Very Fine.(2.84gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. Circa AD 311-312. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
1st officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC 209c. 4.75gr, 22mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIII, 23 March 2017, Lot 1258. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Hanniballianus AE 16mm. AD 336-337. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Uncertain officina. FL ANNIBALLIANO(sic) REGI, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SE-CVRITAS PVBLICA, Euphrates seated to right on ground, leaning on sceptre, with urn at his side and reed in background; CON[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 147. 1.40gr, 16mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vandals, Uncertain AE Nummus. 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bust to right / Monogram(?) within wreath. Cf. BMC Vandals pl. 4. 0.56gr, 9mm.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
