LOT 4179
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 318-319. London mint. 1st officina.
IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmeted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories supporting shield inscribed VOT PR over altar decorated with diamond; PLN below. RIC VII 157. Very Fine.(3.13gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom Trau collection, 1935.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 4179
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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Ostrogoths, Theoderic. AV Solidus. Dated AD 491-518. Rome mint. In the name of Anastasius I.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
D N ANASTASIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Θ, Victory standing tp left, holding jewelled cross; star in right field, mint monogram in left field, COMOB in exergue. Metlich 6; Ladich 36; Lacam-pl. 59, 88; MEC -; BMC Vandals 63. 4.38gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. An attractive, lustrous coin. Rare.
From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Aelia Eudoxia, Augusta AV Solidus. Struck AD 402-403. Constantinople mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
AEL EVDOXIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust to right, crowned by Manus Dei above / SALVS REIPVBLICAE, Victory, winged and draped, seated to right on cuirass with shield behind, inscribing Christogram on shield which rests on knee; CONOB in exergue. RIC X 28 (Arcadius); Depeyrot 55/4. 4.47gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Lustrous, well-centred and boasting remarkable detail.
Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Leo I AV Solidus. AD 462-473. Thessalonica mint.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £375
D N LEO PE-RPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in left and right fields, THSOB in exergue. RIC X 618; Depeyrot 59/1. 4.40gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
