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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Arcadius AE 16mm. AD 406-408. Cyzicus(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; star behind / GLORIA ROMANORVM, three emperors standing facing: on right and left, Arcadius and Honorius, heads turned towards each other, each holding spear and shield; flanking Theodosius II, face to front, holding spear and globe; SMKΔ(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC X 145. 2,25gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Helena, Augusta AE 15mm. Circa AD 340. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
1st officina. FL IVL HELENAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; TRP(branch) in exergue. RIC VIII 90. 1.40gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 38, 29 July 2017, lot 794. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. Struck AD 171. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £975
IMP • M • ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within wreath. RIC III 1006; MIR 18, 219-6/30; Banti 241. 29.63gr, 31mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 26, 8 July 2023, lot 4494 (since professionally cleaned and re-worked). From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
