LOT 3781
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 321. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR in exergue. RIC VII 303. Good Very Fine.(2.59gr, 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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Valens BI Nummus. AD 364-378.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left, star to left; mintmark in exergue. 1.90gr, 17mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; XXIP in exergue. RIC V.2 905 var. (bust not cuirassed). 4.43gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. AD 141-161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Fortuna standing to left, holding globe and rudder. RIC III 348 (Antoninus Pius); BMCRE 362 (Antoninus Pius); RSC 6. 3.18gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
