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 Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.(3.25gr, 19mm, 6h.).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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Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 311. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
1st officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys hanging from left shoulder, holding globe and sceptre, eagle with wreath in beak at foot left; MKVA in exergue. RIC VI 79. 6.17gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Incuse of laureate head or bust to right / Incuse of laureate head or bust to right. 4.60gr, 26mm, 12h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Incuse of [CONSTANTI]-NVS MAX AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / Incus of PROVIDEN-[TIAE AVGG?], camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above. 4.78gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
