LOT 3649
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets, star above and pellet within doorway; Δ Є across fields, SMANT in exergue. RIC VII 71. Very Fine.(2.86gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3649
Constantine I BI Nummus.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets, star above and pellet within doorway; Δ Є across fields, SMANT in exergue. RIC VII 71. 2.86gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 274. Siscia mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding hands with Concordia, standing to left; (star)T in exergue. RIC V.1 244; MER-RIC 2238 (temporary). 3.76gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 10h.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Theodosius I AE 21mm. AD 379-395. Contemporary imitation, possibly by Cherson mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
D N TAEODO-SIVS(sic) [...]P F AVG, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield / GLORIA RO-[...],Theodosius, wearing military attire, standing to left on galley, head to right, raising hand; Victory at helm holding rudder; wreath in left field; CO[...] in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC IX 52c.3. 4.02gr, 21mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The issue is, on account of the mintmark, occasionally described as having been struck at Constantinople for use at Cherson. However, the crude fabric and unconventional style as well as major inconsistencies in the epigraphy point to local production at the important port city of Cherson.
