LOT 3792
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 320. Rome mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to right on round shield, holding another round shield inscribed X-V in two lines; RЄѠCP (ЄѠ ligate) in exergue. RIC 194 corr. (Roma seated left). Near Extremely Fine. Double struck of reverse.(4.24gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Securitas standing to left, legs crossed, holding sceptre and leaning on column. RIC IV 24; RSC 62. 3.33gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 128-134. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia beneath throne. RIC II 398 (Hadrian); RSC 12. 3.37gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 261, 3 August 2011, lot 255. -
Divus Constantine I AE Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Alexandria mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
DV CONSTANTINVS P T AVGG, veiled head of Divus Constantine I to right / Divus Constantine I in quadriga to right, extending his right hand toward manus Dei above, [S-R across field]; in exergue, SMALΓ. RIC VIII 4; LRBC 1445. 1.49gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
