LOT 3641
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-329. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
CONSTANTINVS AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with two turrets, star above and pellet in doorway; SMANTΔ in exergue. RIC VII 81 (see note for diadem variant). Very Fine. Rare.(3.45gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne. RIC 14; Cohen 85. 3.47gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Austrian art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp-gate with no door and two turrets; star above, SMANTΓ in exergue. RIC VII 74. 3.25gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left. Cf. RIC V.5 1236d. 2.49gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
