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LOT 3319
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Treveri mint; struck circa AD 322-323. 1st officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VO-TIS XX; three stars above, •PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 368. Good Very Fine - Near Extremely Fine.(2.77gr, 20mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at a UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, collector;
Collector's ticket included.
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Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Treveri mint; struck AD 302-303. 1st officina. Treveri mint. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA S AVGG ET CAESS NN, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left; S-F across fields, ITR in exergue. RIC VI 544b. 9.59gr, 28mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Treveri mint; struck AD 266-267. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS POS-TVMI AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding serpent in arms from patera. RIC V.2 328 (Colonia Agrippinensis); Elmer 414; RSC 350a. 3.37gr, 20mm, 1h
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Victorinus BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Uncertain mint. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. For reverse cf. RIC V.2 309 (Treveri for Postumus). 3.13gr, 21mm, 1h
Very Fine. Hybrid with reverse of Postumus.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
