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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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 318. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CRISPVS NOBIL CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust of Crispus to right / PRINCIPIA IVVENTVTIS, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding inverted spear in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground; in field to left, T within wreath; R S in exergue. RIC 134. 3.50gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Julia Domna, Augusta AR Denarius. Circa AD 207-209. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia, veiled, seated to left, head facing, placing right hand on breast and holding sceptre in her left. RIC 576; BMC 74; Cohen 168. 3.34gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 260-267. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing to left, looking to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC 644F; Goebl 1612b. 3.19gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
