LOT 3741
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint.
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. Good Very Fine.(3.21gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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Macrinus AE Sestertius. AD 217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF MAX TR P COS P P, Fides standing facing, head to right, with foot set on helmet, holding standard in each hand; S C in exergue. RIC IV 141; Banti 28. 22.77gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 347-348. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
2nd officina. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier, with spear in hand, advancing to right with head reverted, leading small figure from hut beneath tree; SMKB in exergue. RIC VIII 72. 4.74gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
