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LOT 3067
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 329-330. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, camp gate with nine rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, wreath in left field, II in right field, SMAL in exergue. RIC VII 51. Near Extremely Fine.(3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left on shield, presenting Victory to emperor, standing to right. MIR 36, 1701g. 3.98gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
1st officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; A in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. 10.10gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left with raised right hand, holding globe with left; S P across field, PLN in exergue. RIC 116; CT 8.09.021. 2.99gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics, E-sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 1545. Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
