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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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA AVG, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC V.2 60 (Lugdunum); RSC 80. 2.46gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Roman Imperial, Probus and Maximianus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre. Δ in lower centre field. In exergue XXI. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 925 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC V.2, 621 (reverse of Antoninianus of Maximianus Herculius, Antioch). 3.27gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270. Rome mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding baton over globe and sceptre; ς in right field. RIC V.1 29; MER-RIC 1161 (temporary). 3.64gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining on reverse.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
