LOT 3841
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. Very Fine.(2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Fausta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right / SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, head left, cradling two infants in her arms; MNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 131. 2.77gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantius Gallus, as Caesar, BI Centenionalis. AD 351-355. Constantinople mint. 10th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier to left, holding shield and spearing fallen horseman to lower left, Γ • to left, CONSI in exergue. RIC VIII 107. 5.00gr, 24mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
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 D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG(?) [...] around decorated wreath containing VOT XX in two lines / Incuse of D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG(?) [...] around decorated wreath containing VOT XX in two lines. 4.41gr, 27mm, 6h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
