LOT 3640
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 328-329. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors, two turrets, star above; SMNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 156. Good Very Fine.(3.78gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3640
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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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 3.44gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, 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. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and sceptre, V in right field; XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 713. 3.62gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a UK private collection.
