LOT 3801
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322. Arelate mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XX in two lines within laurel wreath; ARLP below. RIC VII 246. Good Very Fine.(2.86gr, 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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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. -
Claudius AE As. Struck AD 41-42. Contemporary (Romano-British?) imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [...], bare head to left / S C across field, Minerva standing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield. Cf. RIC I, 100; cf. BMCRE 149; cf. BN 179. 8.73gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Constantine I Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Incuse of CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / Incuse of IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; palm in left field, Z in right, SMN in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC VII 101 (obverse of Nummus of Constantine I, Thessalonica); for reverse cf. (reverse of Nummus of Licinius I, Nicomedia). 4.63gr, 27mm, 3h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
