LOT 3719
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322-323. Treveri mint.
1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in four lines; three stars above, •PTR• below. RIC VII 369. Very Fine.(3.14gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS [AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAET[ITIA AVG], Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor; XII in exergue. RIC V.1 22; MER-RIC 1207 (temporary). 3.05gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Radiate and draped bust to right / Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 272. 2.20gr, 17mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
2nd officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 2.66gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
