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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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust in imperial mantle to right, holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; V in right field; XXI in exergue. RIC 661 var. (bust); probuscoins.fr 4140. 3.86gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius AE As. Struck AD 41-42. Contemporary (Romano-British?) imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG [...], bare head to left / S C across field, Minerva standing to right, brandishing spear and holding shield. Cf. RIC I, 100; cf. BMCRE 149; cf. BN 179. 8.73gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Severus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
SEVERVS NOB CAESAR, laureate head to right / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Mars, helmeted, advancing to right, holding transverse spear in right hand and trophy in left hand over left shoulder; pellet in left field, PT in exergue. RIC VI 58a. 8.86gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
