LOT 3797
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmeted, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar decorated with star; • STR in exergue. RIC VII 221 var. (bust type). Good Very Fine. Extremely rare.(2.79gr, 17mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-335. Nicomedia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
VRBS ROMA, helmeted and mantled bust of Roma to left / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; above, two stars and three pellets; SMNS in exergue. RIC 195. 2.31gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Group of Twnty [20] Victorinus to Tetricus I AE Antoniniani Coins. 268-273 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Group comprising: Victorinus (6); Tetricus I (14); various issues and reverse types. 53.53gr total, 17-21mm.
Very Fine and better.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of uncertain type. For obverse cf. RIC 284 (obverse of Nummus of Diocletian, Heraclea). 4.73gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
