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LOT 3035
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 317-318. London mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing to left with raised right hand, holding globe with left; crescent and star across field, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 149; C&T 8.12.003; RML 880. Near Extremely Fine.(2.81gr, 22mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI CONSERVATORI, Mars helmeted in military dress standing to right, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; star in left field, PLN in exergue. RIC 254; CT 7.10.003. 4.66gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Carthage mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant-skin headdress, holding standard and elephant tusk; lion holding bull's head at feet to left, H in left field, PKT in exergue. RIC VI 24a. 9.40gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 287-290. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left. RIC V 880. 4.53gr, 22mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina with some brown highlights.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005, collector's ticket included.
