LOT 3089
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 320. 5th officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two captives seated flanking at base in attitude of mourning; S-F across upper fields, • TS • Є • in exergue. RIC VII 75. Near Extremely Fine.(3.19gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Nero AE Dupondius. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, laureate head to right, globe at point of bust / SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, Securitas seated to right, resting elbow on back of chair and head on hand, holding sceptre; torch standing on bucranium and leaning against garlanded altar to right, S C in exergue. RIC I 518; Cohen 324; BMCRE 341. 12.88gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Pleasant light green patina.
Ex UK private collection. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 260-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to left, holding globe and spear; P in right field. RIC V.1 317 (sole reign); MIR 344a; RSC 1225a. 3.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / INV-I-CTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising right hand and holding whip with left; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 521. 3.87gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
