LOT 3782
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. Ticinum mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives at foot of standard inscribed VOT XX; S(crescent)T in exergue. RIC 122. Good Very Fine.(2.72gr, 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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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. 3.49gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 7h. Lightly toned.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 260-267. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing to left, looking to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC 644F; Goebl 1612b. 3.19gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Roman Imperial, Diocletian and Carinus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor, on the left, standing to right, holding short sceptre in his left hand and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, on the right, standing to left, holding long sceptre in his left hand; Γ(?) between, XXI in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch); for reverse cf. RIC V 324 (reverse of Antoninianus of Carinus, Cyzicus). 4.05gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
