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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Constantinian, London Mint AE Radiate Group. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Group comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 7.26gr total, 19mm
Very Fine.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITV, Fides standing to left, holding standards in each hand. RIC V.2 59 var. (MILITVM); RIC V.4 -; RSC 67a var. (same). 3.17gr, 23mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Apparently unpublished variant or reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; AD 218-222. IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with left hand and sacrificing over lighted altar with right; star in right field. RIC IV 271 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 79-80 (Elagabalus); RSC 45. 3.26gr, 19mm, 2h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
