LOT 3786
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322-323. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, •STR• in exergue. RIC VII 369. Good Very Fine.(2.73gr, 19mm, 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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Severina BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274. Ticinum mint. 5th officina.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £75
SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PROVIDEN DEOR, Fides standing to right and holding two standards, facing Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; UXXT in exergue. RIC V.1 9; MER-RIC 1553 (temporary). 3.76gr, 22mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Sharply-struck with nice toning.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Leo I, with Verina AE Nummus. AD 457-474. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[D N L]EO, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / b-E, Aelia Verina standing facing, holding globus cruciger and sceptre. RIC X 714: LRBC II, 2275. 0.91gr, 12mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 161-164. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and child. RIC 677 (Aurelius); RSC 99; BMCRE 92 (Aurelius). 3.26gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
