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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Theodosius I AE 13mm. AD 379-395. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[D N] THEODOSIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI [...], Victory advancing to left, head to right, holding trophy and dragging captive behind; in field to left Christogram; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC 65b (Thessalonica). 1.74gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Probus and Numerian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Incuse of IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 386 (obverse of Antoninianus of Numerian, Lugdunum); for reverse cf. RIC V.2 861 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Serdica). 4.19gr, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT ORBIS, female figure standing to right, presenting wreath to Emperor standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Z between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 925; Cohen 509. 4.71gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Large flan.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
