LOT 3349
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 4th officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT • V in two lines; ΔSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 163. Good Extremely Fine. Black patina with brown highlights. Flan crack at 11h, but otherwise an exceptional example with sharply struck details.(3.04gr, 20mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; SV below, RPLG• in exergue. RIC VIII 128. 5.67gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Treveri mint; struck AD 302-303. 2nd officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head to left, modius on head, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; S-F across fields, IITR in exergue. RIC VI 515a. 11.20gr, 28mm, 12h
Near Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; ЄSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 161. 3.49gr, 19mm, 12h
Extremely Fine.
From a private collection, UK.
