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LOT 3430
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT • V in three lines; ASIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 163. Good Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.(2.75gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
Rome mint; struck AD 235-236. IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.25gr, 21mm, 6h.
Fleur De Coin. Beautiful deep old cabinet tone.
Ex Beaussant Lefevre, 16 March 2011, no.75. -
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Antioch mint; struck AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 29c; RSC 113a. 3.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AE As. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDENT in exergue. RIC II.1 316. 11.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
