LOT 3642
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-328. Antioch mint.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, plain-diademed head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets; star above and pellet within empty doorway, Δ-Є across fields, SMANT in exergue. RIC VII 81 (see note for diadem variant). Good Very Fine.(3.86gr, 19mm, 1h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3642
Constantine I BI Nummus.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. London mint. Legionary issue.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Illegible inscription, radiate, draped, and cuirassed(?) bust to right / Illegible inscription, boar standing to right. Cf. RIC V.5 1898. 2.92gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 219-220. Rome mint.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £333
IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 150; BMCRE 168; RSC 282. 3.06gr, 20mm, 11h.
Fleur De Coin. Attractive old cabinet tone.
Ex collection of H. Ursprung. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 95, 6 October 2016, lot 341. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 484. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head to right, drapery on left shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding two grain ears in her right hand and cornucopia with her left; on ground to left, modius. RIC 250; BMC 875; Cohen 501 var. (draped). 2.58gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
