LOT 3099
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 309-337.
London mint; struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / COMITI AVGG NN, Sol standing facing, head to left, holding globe with extended right hand and whip with left; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 153; C&T 7.03.006; RML 307. Near Extremely Fine.(4.58gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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. 3.19gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Numerian BI Antoninianus. AD 283-284.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint; struck AD 284. 2nd officina. IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; B to left. RIC V 394; Pink VI/2, p. 23-4; Lyon 539. 4.17gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 97. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR POT II, laureate head to right / COS III PATER PATRAE, emblems of the pontificate: simpulum, aspergillum, guttus, and lituus. RIC II 34; RSC 51. 3.04gr,18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
