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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Augustus AR Denarius. Struck 2 BC-AD 4. Lugdunum mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
CAESAR AVGVSTVS DIVI F PATER PATRIAE, laureate head to right / AVG[VSTI F COS DESIG] PRINC IVVENT, Gaius and Lucius Caesar, on left and right, standing facing, each togate and resting hand on round shield; behind each shield, spear; above, simpulum, lituus and X; C L CAESARES in exergue. RIC 212; BMC 538; Cohen 43. 3.72gr, 18mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 26mm of Iuliopolis, Bithynia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing to left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 71078; RG -. 9.32gr, 26mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Extremely rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322. Arelate mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XX in two lines within laurel wreath; ARLP below. RIC VII 246. 2.86gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
