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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Constantius II BI Half-Maiorina. AD 351-355. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, helmeted soldier advancing left, spearing fallen horseman leaning over horse with head turned to look back and reaching up, SMNB in exergue. RIC 96; LRBC 2309. 2.52gr, 19mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. With fine dark green patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius I to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter standing facing with head to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath to left; •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VI 60. 4.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Diocletian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Incuse of IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of RESTITVT [...], female figure, turreted and on the left, standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor, on the right, standing to left, extending his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 323 (obverse of Antoninianus of Diocletian, Antioch). 3.70gr, 27mm, 2h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
