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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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. -
Tetricus I or II BI Antoninianus. AD 272-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain mint. Incuse of reverse / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising hem of skirt with left. For reverse type cf. RIC V.1 135 (Tetricus I, Treveri); cf. RIC V.2 272 (Tetricus II, Treveri). 2.07gr, 20mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. Until the late 3rd century AD brockages showing the reverse are much less common since mint workers would be more likely to see the stuck coin in the anvil die. -
Caracalla AE As. AD 198-217.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Rome mint; struck AD 215. ANTONINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVIII COS IIII P P, Aesculapius standing facing, head to left, holding snake-entwined wand; in right field, globe set on ground; S C across fields. RIC IV 553a. 10.84gr, 27mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine. Nice dark green patina with brown highlights.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
