LOT 3717
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 330-335. Antioch mint.
4th officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing each other, each holding spear and resting shield on ground, two standards between; SMANΔ in exergue. RIC VII 86. Good Extremely Fine.(3.50gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of Dipl.-Ing. Adrian Lang, acquired before 2021.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 21, 19 July 2022, lot 5411.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 106, 16 February 2023, lot 1233.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 178. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
L AVREL COMMODVS AVG TR P III, laureate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / LIBERTAS AVG IM[P II] COS P P, Libertas standing facing, head to left, holding pileus in right hand and sceptre in left; S C across fields. Cf. RIC III 1590 (Marcus Aurelius); cf. Cohen 330. 22.56gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, 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. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 304-305. Serdica mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
4th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC 12b. 7.12gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
