LOT 3740
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 234. London mint.
1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in two lines within laurel wreath; PLON(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 292; C&T 10.01.007; RML 1105. Good Very Fine.(3.20gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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Valens AR Siliqua. AD 367-375. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe with right hand and sceptre with left; TRPS• in exergue. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. 2.23gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From 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. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquor flows; HTB in exergue. RIC VI 19b corr. (obv. legend). 9.95gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / VICT LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar inscribed I; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 95. 2.84gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
