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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Group of Three [3] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. Time of the Severans, AD 193-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Two Denarii of Septimius Severus and one of Julia Domna. 11.08gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 178. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
L AVREL COMMODVS AVG TR P III, laureate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / LIBERTAS AVG IM[P II] COS P P, Libertas standing facing, head to left, holding pileus in right hand and sceptre in left; S C across fields. Cf. RIC III 1590 (Marcus Aurelius); cf. Cohen 330. 22.56gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • V in two lines within wreath; •AQT• below. RIC VII 94 var. (obv. legend); Bikic-Do hoard 378-401. 3.21gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
