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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Lucius Verus AR Denarius. AD 166. Rome mint.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
L VERVS AVG ARM PARTH MAX, laureate head to right / TR P VI IMP IIII COS II PAX, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 561; BMC 230; Cohen 126. 2.82gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
London gentleman's collection, 1970-1990s, by descent. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / LIBERTAS AVG, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus and sceptre; star in right field. RIC IV 107; BMCRE 221; RSC 92. 3.02gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Aelius, as Caesar AV Aureus. AD 137. Rome mint.
Estimate: £7,000 - 9,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £3,500
L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare-headed and draped bust to right / TRIB POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2708; BMCRE 998 (Hadrian); Calicó 1443. 7.01gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare with this bust type; fewer than 5 other examples sold in the past 20 years and only 2 specimens cited by OCRE.
Ex Dr Eugen Merzbacher (15/11/1910), lot 1676. Ex the Chabenat Collection Part II, Émile Bourgey (14/12/1911), lot 403. Ex Dr Michael Brandt & Stefan Sonntag, Fixed Price List 8 (Summer 1992), #414. Ex Trausnitz Collection, Nomos AG, Auction 19 (17/11/2019), lot 267. Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 341, 13 December 2023, lot 82. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
