LOT 3796
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Thessalonica mint. 4th officina.
CONSTANTINVS FIL AVGG, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; star in left field, Δ in right field, •SM•TS• in exergue. RIC VI 32b. Very Fine.(5.99gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, galley to left. RIC V.2 73 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 57; RSC 167a (Lugdunum). 1.80gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 188-189. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC 164; RSC 538. 2.96gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Roman Imperial, Tacitus and Gallienus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of P M TR [...] P P, Neptune standing facing, head to left, right foot on prow, holding trident with left hand; [...]C in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (Tacitus); for reverse cf. RIC V.1 603 (Gallienus). 3.85gr, 26mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
