LOT 3783
Constantine I BI Nummus. Struck AD 319-320. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, bound captive to left and right; P T in exergue. RIC VII 114. Good Very Fine.(3.54gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 172-173. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head to right / IMP VI COS III, emperor standing to left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC III 282. 3.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Valentinian III AE Nummus. AD 425-455. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
[D N P]LA VALEN[TINIANVS P F AVG], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REIPVBLICE, cross; in left field, T; in exergue, [R]M. RIC IX 2110; LRBC -. 0.96gr, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Struck AD 194-195. Emesa mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CAE L • SEP SE•V PERT AVG COS II, laureate head to right / BONI EV-ENTVS, Bonus Eventus standing to left, holding plate of fruit and two grain ears. RIC IV 369; BMCRE 343 (Wars of the Succession); RSC 68. 3.04gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Double struck of reverse.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
