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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Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, radiate bust to right, with bare chest and traces of drapery on far shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields, FORT RED in exergue. RIC II.3 153; BMCRE 1142 var. (bust type). 12.61gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 9, 7 August 2000, lot 60152. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 834. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 860. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 223. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [PROVI]DENTIA DEO[RVM], Providentia standing to left leaning on column, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC IV 597; Cohen 515; BMCRE 141. 20.23gr, 31mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1089. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA AVG, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia. RIC V.2 60 (Lugdunum); RSC 80. 2.60gr, 21mm, 1hr.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
