LOT 3780
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 321.Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing consular robes and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above. STR in exergue. RIC VII 306. Good Very Fine.(2.87gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 320. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two bound captives seated back-to-back at foot of vexillum with banner inscribed VOT XX in two lines; S F across fields; AQS in exergue. RIC VII 50. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. 2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Vandals, Imitative AE 12mm. Circa 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Camp gate with open doorway. For similar, cf. BMC Vandals 73-80 (in the name of Valentinian III); for prototype, cf. RIC X 2161. 1.39gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
