LOT 3305
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319-320. 3rd officina. CONST-ANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines, captives seated to left and to right on ground; TT in exergue. RIC VII 114. Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.(2.95gr, 20mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Tiberius, as Caesar AE As . AD 4-14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Lugdunum mint, struck AD 12-14. [TI CAESAR] AVGVST F IMPERAT VII, laureate head to right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels and stylised male figures, Victories on columns to left and right facing one another; ROM ET AVG in exergue. RIC I 245 (Augustus); Cohen 37; BMCRE 585 (Augustus). 10.04gr, 25mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 186. M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P [XI IMP VII COS V P P], emperor standing to left on platform, addressing four soldiers; [S C] across fields, [F]ID EXERCI[T] in exergue. RIC III 468b; Cohen 136; BMCRE 580. 22.18gr, 29mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. [...] TETRICVS AV[G], bust to right / [P]AX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. For reverse cf. RIC V.2 118 (Treveri for Victorinus). 3.05gr, 19mm, 11h
Extremely Fine. Hybrid with reverse of Victorinus.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
