LOT 3304
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 309-337.
London mint. Struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / COMITI AVGG NN, Sol standing facing, head to left, holding globe with extended right hand and whip with left; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 153; C&T 7.03.006; RML 307. Near Extremely Fine.(4.58gr, 23mm, 7h).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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LOT 3304
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus.
Estimate £50 - 70€58 - 81 (for guidance only)$68 - 95 (for guidance only)
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Mediolanum mint; struck circa AD 269-270. 2nd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F [AVG], radiate, draped, [and cuirassed?] bust to right, seen from behind / FIDES [MIL]IT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149; cf. Cohen 89; cf. MER-RIC 57. 2.92gr, 20mm, 5h
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Decentius, as Caesar BI Centenionalis. AD 350/1-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Ambianum mint; struck AD 351-352. D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories holding between them shield, inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines, staurogram above; AMB(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 18. 4.43gr, 22mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Antioch mint; struck circa AD 270-272. 7th officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Z below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3110. 2.77gr, 20mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
