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LOT 3040
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Cyzicus mint. 3rd officina.
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, SMKΓ in exergue. RIC VII 24. Good Very Fine.(3.14gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 146-161. Rome mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
DIVA FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Ceres (or Aeternitas) standing to left, extending right arm and holding long torch with left. RIC III 361 (Pius); BMCRE 17 (Pius); RSC 101a. 3.53gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
City Commemorative AE 16mm. Struck under Constantius II, AD 348. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £69
CONSTANTINOPOLIS, diademed and draped bust of Constantinopolis to right / Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre; P R across fields. RIC VIII 106; LRBC 612. 1.77gr, 16mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Gilt.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Antioch mint; struck AD 72-73. [IMP] CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC II.1 1554; RPC II 1927; BMCRE 505; RSC 74. 3.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Interesting with inner linear circle on the reverse (possibly auxiliary line for the engraver).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
