LOT 3800
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 329. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG , laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around wreath containing VOT XXX; R S below. RIC 318. Near Extremely Fine.(2.81gr, 20mm, 6h.).
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 II as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / DOMINOR NOSTROR CAESS / VOT / X / crescent in three lines; all within wreath, PT below. RIC 176. 3.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 200. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF TR P III, Sol standing facing, head to left, holding globe and spear. RIC IV 30; BMCRE 179-183 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 413. 3.31gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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.
