LOT 3648
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 311-312. London mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, emperor standing facing, head to left, cloak hanging from left shoulder, holding globe and reversed spear; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 222; C&T 7.07.003; RML 454. Good Very Fine.(5.62gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on UK art market.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-335. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left, wearing imperial mantle / She-wolf to left suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above, •SMKA in exergue. RIC VII 105. 2.37gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 126-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shouder / COS III, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne; S C in exergue. RIC 877; BMC 1326; Cohen 370. 10.02gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Siscia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANTINVS AVG, high-crested helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding shield and spear across shoulder / VICT•LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar inscribed I; •ASIS• in exergue. RIC VII 84. 3.61gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1403. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
