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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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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. 2.89gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Roman Imperial, Tacitus and Gallienus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of P M TR [...] P P, Neptune standing facing, head to left, right foot on prow, holding trident with left hand; [...]C in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (Tacitus); for reverse cf. RIC V.1 603 (Gallienus). 3.85gr, 26mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE Dupondius. AD 232. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt in his raised right hand and eagle in his left; S C across field. RIC 632; BMC 827 note; Cohen 88. 11.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
