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LOT 3064
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with six rows, no doors, pellet in doorway and two turrets; star above, SMANTΔ in exergue. RIC 73. Near Very Fine.(2.91gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 332-333. Treveri mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and shield, two standards between them; TR•S in exergue. RIC VII 537. 2.53gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 272-273. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [CO]MES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC V.2, 56; Cunetio 2602; Elmer 774. 3.41gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 129-130. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
HADRIANVS AUGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust to right / IVSTITIA [AVG] P P, Justitia seated to left, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 1154; Banti 482. 23gr, 31.5mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 491, 5 May 2021, lot 395. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
