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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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. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 188-189. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIII IMP VIII COS V P P, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC 164; RSC 538. 2.96gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Aquilia Severa AR Denarius. AD 220-222.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
IVLIA AQVILIA SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera over lit altar, and double cornucopiae; star in right field. RIC IV 226 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 184 (Elagabalus); RSC 2. 3.13gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
