LOT 3428
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Arles(?) mint. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, around, VOT • V in three lines within laurel wreath; AR(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 231. Very Fine.(3.39gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Antioch mint; struck AD 264. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P XII C VI P P, emperor on horseback to left, raising right hand and holding spear with left. RIC V -; Cohen 840; MIR 1621i. 3.21gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare type; only one other example on CoinArchives (Paul-Francis Jacquier 45, 1040; hammer: EUR 380).
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 239-240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 63; RSC 25. 4.19gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / VICTORIA AET, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; Z (or B?) to left. Cf. RIC V.1 297. 2.61gr, 22mm,1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
