LOT 3793
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/10-337. Constantinople mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate, with two turrets; star above, A in left field; CONS in exergue. RIC 7. Near Extremely Fine.(2.69gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Vespasian AE As. Struck AD 71. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDE in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 316. 11.92gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (obverse of Antoninianus of Tacitus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC 920 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Antioch). 4.16gr, 27mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 194-195. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
L SEPT SEV PER[T AVG IMP IIII?], laureate head to right / SECVRITAS PVBLICA, Securitas seated to left, holding globe. Cf. RIC IV 56. 3.25gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a European gentleman (1942-2024), formed since the 1970s.
