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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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Marcian AE 11mm. AD 450-457. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
D N MARCIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Monogram of Marcian within wreath; cross above, CON below. RIC X 546; LRBC -. 1.26gr, 11mm, 1h.
About Extremely Fine.
Ex Artemide Aste, 47E, no.471. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IM[...] P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DIAN[...]RΛE, Diana walking to right, holding transverse torch in both hands. Cf. RIC V.2 299 (Cologne). 2.70gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Imitative issue of a very rare type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 253-254. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT GENER HVMANI, Sol advancing to right, raising his hand and holding globe. RIC V.1 220 (Viminacium); MIR 1564a. 3.21gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
