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)
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Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 255-256. Samosata mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, the two Emperors standing facing each other, one holding spear and globe, the other holding Victory and spear. RIC V.1 293 (Asia); MIR-1687e; RSC-276. 3.67gr, 23mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Emperor standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and globe in left. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. 2.38gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Honorius AE 18mm. AD 408-420. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to left, holding spear and resting on shield; Victory crowning him with wreath on right; ANTΔ in exergue. RIC X 72; LRBC 2793. 2.94gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful green patina with brown highlights.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
