LOT 3779
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 313-314. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol, radiate, standing to left, nude except for chlamys over left shoulder; raising right hand and holding globe in left, S F across fields; in exergue, PLG. RIC VII 1. Very Fine.(4.46gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above, SMANTA and pellet below. RIC VII 60; LRBC 1340. 1.71gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constans BI Nummus. AD 347-348. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left; holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier holding spear, advancing to right and leading a small figure from hut beneath tree; SMKΔ in exergue. RIC VIII 72. 3.69gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter advancing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. RIC V.2 72 (Lugdunum); RSC 155a corr. (rev. type). 3.40gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
