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LOT 3065
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330-331. Arelate mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers facing each other, each holding spear and shield set on ground; two standards between them; above star; SCONST in exergue. RIC VII 350. Good Very Fine.(2.91gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFound Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Divus Constantine I AE Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Antioch mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG, veiled head of Constantine I to right / Constantine I in quadriga to right, extending hand toward manus Dei above; [star above?]; SMANH in exergue. Cf. RIC VIII 37. 1.76gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving quadriga to left, holding whip and globe and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 203. 4.49gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After circa AD 146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and placing her left on shield set on the ground. RIC 366; Cohen 73. 3.15gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
