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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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Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Estimate: £40 - 60 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines with captive seated on ground on either side; star in left field, STR in exergue. RIC VII 256. 3.75gr, 20mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Die break to obverse. Beautiful dark green patina.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTA-NTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around wreath containing VOT • XX in two lines; ЄSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 159. 3.29gr, 18mm, 7h
Extremely Fine; some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Augustus AE As. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Lugdunum mint; struck 10-6 BC. CAES[AR PONT] MAX, laureate head to right / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by stylised male figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another. RIC I 230; BMCRE 550. 10.02gr, 26mm, 2h
Near Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
