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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Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330/1. Arelate mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers, between them, two standards; above, star; [...]CONST in exergue. RIC VII 347. 2.36gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 313-315. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre and Victory on globe; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, Є in right field, SMK in exergue. RIC VII 4. 2.89gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 147-148. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XI, laureate head to right / ANNONA AVG, Annona standing to left, holding corn-ears over modius and anchor; COS IIII in exergue, S C in fields. RIC 840. 27.51gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
