LOT 3643
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-329. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets, star above and pellet in doorway; SMANTA in exergue. RIC VII 81 (see note for diadem variant). Extremely Fine.(2.90gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Group of Fifty (50) AE and AR Roman Coins. Circa 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues, denominations and reverse types. 137gr total
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 106-107. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M [TR P COS V P P?], laureate bust to right, aegis on far shoulder / [S P Q R] OPTIMO PRIN[CIPI], Felicitas seated to left, holding winged caduceus, Dacian kneeling to right in left field; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II 499. 26.04gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Trajan AE Dupondius. Struck autumn AD 98-autumn AD 99. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, radiate head to right / TR POT COS II P P, Abundantia seated to left on chair formed of two cornucopiae, holding sceptre in her right hand; S C in exergue. RIC 398; BMC 719; Cohen 618. 13.03gr, 27mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
