LOT 3843
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 322-323. London mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, radiate and trabeate bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; F B across fields, PLON below. RIC VII 255; C&T 9.06.027. Very Fine.(2.78gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 138. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP T AEL CAES HADRI ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, bare head to right / P M TR POT COS DES II, Pax standing to left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC III 526a. 10.11gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP TETR[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, female figure standing facing, head to left, holding palm branch with right and cornucopia with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 80 (Hilaritas). 0.88gr, 13mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 324-325. Antioch mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above, SMANTA and pellet below. RIC VII 60; LRBC 1340. 1.71gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
