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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Commemorative Series AE Follis. AD 330-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Alexandria mint; struck AD 335-337. 2nd officina. VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; SMALB in exergue. RIC VII 70. 2.94gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F AVG, radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 1.86gr, 18mm.
Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
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. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding vexillum and sceptre; Є in right field. RIC V.1 18; MER-RIC 1152 (temporary). 2.52gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
