LOT 3742
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322. Treveri mint.
2nd(?) officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and mantled bust to left, holding Victory on globe and mappa / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX, written in three lines, surmounted by globe, three stars above; [S?]TR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. Good Very Fine. Nice brown patina with dark green deposits.(3.27gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 277. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
3rd officina. IMP C • PROBVS • P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing facing with hand raised, head to left, holding globe; TXXT in exergue. RIC 349. 3.91gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Lucius Verus AE As. AD 164. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
L VERVS AVG ARMENIACVS, bare head to right / TR P IIII IMP II COS II, S C in exergue, Emperor on horse springing to right, brandishing spear at Armenian enemy cowering beneath horse. RIC 1404. 9.12gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 16; BMCRE 105; RSC 99a. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
