LOT 3314
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 4th officina. CONST-ANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated at the base of standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines; S F across upper fields, HL (ligate) in right field; ΔSIS(star within crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 127. Extremely Fine. Black patina.(2.92gr, 19mm, 8h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; S-P across fields. Cf. RIC V.2 484 (obverse legend). 3.56gr, 22mm, 7h
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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. 2.95gr, 20mm, 6h
Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Vespasian AE As. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £845
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 77-78. "Judaea Capta" commemorative. IMP CAES VESPASIAN [...], laureate head to right / IVDAEA CAPTA, Judaea seated to right on cuirass in attitude of mourning, surrounded by arms, resting her head on her left hand; behind, palm tree. Cf. RIC II.1 1233; cf. Cohen 240. 10.64gr, 28mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Wiltshire, UK, collector.
