LOT 3310
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Arelate mint; struck AD 324-5. 1st officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDEN-TIAE AVGG, camp gate with six rows, no doors and two turrets, star above; P(star)AR in exergue. RIC VII 264. Good Extremely Fine. Silvering entirely intact. Scratch on obverse.(3.03gr, 20mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
FootnotesA very well-preserved Nummus with an attractive toned full silvering.
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Theodora (wife of Constantius I) AE Follis. Died before AD 337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint. Struck circa AD 337-340. [FL MAX THEO]-DORAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head to right, carrying infant to suckle; TRS(palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 91. 1.31gr, 14mm, 6h
Fine - Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included. -
City Commemorative AE 14mm. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinople mint; struck under Constantine I, AD 330. 2nd officina. POP ROMANVS, laureate and draped bust of Genius to left, cornucopia at shoulder / Milvian Bridge over the River Tiber, CONS B in two lines above. RIC VIII 21; LRBC 1066. 1.13gr, 14mm, 5h
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £196
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 341. 3.23gr, 18mm, 7h
Extremely Fine. Beautiful glossy, olive green patina.
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993; Ex Spink & Son, 17 August 2004; Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included.
