LOT 3842
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 322-323. London mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX, three stars above, F B across fields; PLON below. RIC VII 258. Near Very Fine.(3.74gr, 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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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, galley to left. RIC V.2 73 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 57; RSC 167a (Lugdunum). 1.80gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Faustina II AR Denarius. AD 161-164. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
FAVSTINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / FECVNDITAS, Fecunditas standing to right, holding sceptre and infant. RIC III 677 (Aurelius); BMCRE 91-95 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 99. 3.43gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Roman Imperial, Probus and Maximianus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre. Δ in lower centre field. In exergue XXI. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 925 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC V.2, 621 (reverse of Antoninianus of Maximianus Herculius, Antioch). 3.27gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
