LOT 3090
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 324. 6th officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around wreath enclosing VOT • XX in two lines; TSЄVI below. RIC VII 123. Extremely Fine.(2.98gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Hadrian AE As. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 130-133. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right; drapery on far shoulder / CAPP-A-DOCIA, Cappadocia, wearing turreted headdress, standing to left, holding Mount Argaeus and vexillum; S C across fields. RIC II.3 - (unrecorded bust type) (cf. 1641-1647); BMCRE - (same) (cf. 1729-1734). 11.18gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Unrecorded bust type.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. Second reign, AD 307-308.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck circa May to end of November AD 307. D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, wearing chlamys, towered head, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 90; C&T 5.01.003; RML 189. 7.45gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 260-268. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath with right hand and supporting anchor with left. Cf. RIC V.1 489 (sole reign) (mintmark in exergue). 3.56gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.
From a London, UK, collection 1990s.
