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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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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271. Southern mint or Colonia Agrippinensis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, holding patera and feeding serpent in arms. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.15gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Semis. Struck circa AD 126-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust to right / COS III, aquila between two signa; S C below. RIC 888 var. (not draped); Cohen -; BMC 1362 var. (same); cf. Leu Numismatik, Web 26, lot 3345. 2.54gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; apparently unpublished with this bust type.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Circa after AD 146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, throne, on which is a wreath and a sceptre. RIC (Pius) 377; BMCRE (Pius) 454; RSC 131. 3.11gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
