LOT 3130
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
London mint; struck circa AD 322-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmetted and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, F-B across fields, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 259; C&T 9.06.030; RML 1093. Extremely Fine.(3.49gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, collector.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 2nd officina. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / DOMINI • N • LICINI AVG, VOT • XX in two lines within wreath; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 86. 2.90gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a private collection, UK. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aquileia mint; struck circa AD 300. 3rd officina. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30b. 8.84gr, 27 mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a Norwich, UK, collector. -
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.
