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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Trajan AE Quadrans. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P , laureate head to right / She-wolf at bay to right; S C below. RIC II 693; Cohen 339. 2.72gr, 18mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 269. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C PI VICTORINVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, with the features of Marius / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC V.2 41 (Southern mint) & 126 (Uncertain mint). 3.30gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 291. 'SP' mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; S P across fields. RIC V.5 3271. 3.27gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
