LOT 3787
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 323-324. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing to right, holding trophy and palm branch, captive at feet to right; C in left field, •PLG(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 222. Good Very Fine. Repatinated.(2.87gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Claudius AR Denarius. AD 41-54. Apparently Romano-British imitation of the Rome mint issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £598
TI CLAVD • CAES[...], laureate head to right / [...] AVGVSTAE, Pax-Nemesis advancing to right, holding caduceus; at feet, serpent. Cf. RIC I 10. 2.94gr, 18mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Tendring, Essex. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 278-279. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding two standards; III in exergue. RIC V.2 80. 3.29gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Constantine I AE Nummus. AD 337-340. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG, veiled head right / Constantine driving quadriga right, holding sceptre and reins; crowning manus Dei above, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 68; LRBC 114. 1.51gr, 15mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
