LOT 3739
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Ticinum mint.
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around VOT • X in two lines within laurel wreath; ST below. RIC VII 162 var. (bust to right); Bikic-Do hoard 983-984 var. (mintmark PT). Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.(3.25gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 70. Ephesus mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP CAESAR VESPA[S AVG COS II] TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG within wreath. RIC II.1 1414; RPC II 822; BMC 439. 3.49gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Valentinian II AE 21mm. AD 383-388. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS E-XERCITI, emperor standing to right, holding standard and globe, foot on captive to right; ANTΔ in exergue. RIC IX 63a var. (officina not listed). 5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Extremely rare with this officina.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. Circa summer AD 307. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
1st officina. FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI, Mars advancing to right, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left; S A in fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 730. 6.23gr, 27mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
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.
