LOT 3653
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 6th officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no door, two turrets, star above and pellet within doorway; SMANTS in exergue. RIC VII 71. Extremely Fine.(3.74gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 276. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing to left, holding olive-branch and sceptre. RIC V.1 150; MER-RIC 3394 (temporary). 4.24gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 1073. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 3.44gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 256-260. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, emperors, both holding sceptre and patera, facing each other, sacrificing at altar. RIC V.1 447 (Asia, joint reign); MIR 1684m; RSC 792b. 3.91gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1174. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
