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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Leo I AE 11mm. AD 457-474. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right. Cf. RIC X, 673-4. 1.21gr, 11mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 313-314. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol, radiate, standing to left, nude except for chlamys over left shoulder; raising right hand and holding globe in left, S F across fields; in exergue, PLG. RIC VII 1. 4.46gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 272-273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Mars standing to left, holding spear and shield. RIC V.2 148; Cohen 207; Cunetio 2618; Elmer 780. 3.01gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
