LOT 3637
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Siscia mint. 1st officina.
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. Good Very Fine.(3.61gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1403.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-331. Treveri mint. Uncertain officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left, wearing imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, head reverted, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above, TRP•(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 529. 2.32gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 228. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTVS AVG, Severus Alexander, laureate and in the guise of Romulus, walking to right, holding spear in his right hand and trophy over his left shoulder. RIC 224; BMC 522; Cohen 584. 2.66gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 286. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC 506; Cohen 355; Venèra 7588-9. 3.59gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
