LOT 3426
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
London mint; struck AD 322-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, radiate, draped 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 -; C&T 9.06.026; RML 1097. Good Very Fine. Rare with this bust type; unrecorded in RIC.(3.23gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Heraclea mint; struck AD 317. 3rd officina. D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and draped bust to left, holding globe, mappa and sceptre / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with seven rows, no doors and three turrets; •MHTΓ• in exergue. RIC VII 23. 3.54gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C PIV ESV TETR[ICVS CAE]S, radiate and draped bust to right / [SPES P]VBLI[CA], Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 272; RIC V.4 759. 2.60gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Constantinople mint; struck AD 327-328. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, soldier standing to left, head to right, holding spear and resting hand upon shield set on ground to right; Γ in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 22. 3.73gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
