LOT 3795
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Rome mint. 1st officina.
IMP CONSTANTINVS AG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, holding shield inscribed with VOT PR in two lines set on altar inscribed with lozenge; PLN in exergue. RIC VII 159; C&T 9.01.009. Very Fine.(2.89gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/10-337. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
CONSTATNVS[...], laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTͶON around wreath containing VOT • X in two lines; (inverted crescent)(star)AB below. 2.73gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C L TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MARS VICTOR, nude Mars walking to right, holding spear and trophy; B A across fields. RIC 30; MER-RIC 3309 (temporary). 3.23gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Severus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
SEVERVS NOB CAESAR, laureate head to right / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Mars, helmeted, advancing to right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy in left hand over left shoulder; pellet in left field, PT in exergue. RIC VI 58a. 8.86gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
