LOT 3429
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Treveri mint; struck AD 317-318. 1st officina. FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI • IVVENTVTIS, prince advancing to right, holding transverse spear and globe; F-T across fields, •ATR in exergue. RIC VII 173. Extremely Fine.(2.92gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Ticinum mint; struck AD 298-299. 2nd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; star in left field, ST• in exergue. RIC VI 33a. 9.44gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint(?). [...] VICTORINVS [...], radiate bust to right / VIR[...]VG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left. Cf. RIC V.2 78; cf. RIC V.4 562. 2.40gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Double struck.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint; struck AD March-April 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia; Δ A across fields. RIC V.1 65; MER-RIC 3314 (temporary). 3.84gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
