LOT 3645
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-328. Constantinople mint.
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Roma seated to left on round shield, holding Victory on globe in her right hand and spear in her left; A in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 23. Good Very Fine.(3.23gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 3645
Constantine I BI Nummus.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around laurel wreath enclosing VOT•V in three lines; RT in exergue. RIC VII 234. 3.12gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Berkshire, UK, gentleman's numismatic collection. -
Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 335. Antioch mint. 8th officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, looking inwards, each holding spear and resting hand on shield; two standards between them, SMANH in exergue. RIC VII 88. 2.28gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, 2006. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 1329. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-290. Uncertain mint (Londinium?).
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
[IMP CARA]VSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust(?) to right / [SALVS A]VG, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC V.5 1552e. 3.58gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
