LOT 3784
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/10-337. Contemporary imitation.
CONSTATNVS[...], laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTͶON around wreath containing VOT • X in two lines; (inverted crescent)(star)AB below. Good Very Fine.(2.73gr, 18mm, 11h.).
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 II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa late AD 268-late AD 269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC V 213; RIC V online 1022; Cohen 136. 3.10gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. AD 141-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGV-STA, Ceres, veiled, standing to left, holding corn ears and torch. RIC 360 (Pius); BMCRE 408; RSC 78. 3.27gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. Struck late AD 308-310. Alexandria mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
D N DIOCLETIANO BAEATISS, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; Є above [KP] between, [ALE] in exergue. RIC VI 109. 6.64gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
