LOT 3846
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 330. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, holding spears and leaning on shields, two standards between them; RFS in exergue. RIC VII 328. Near Extremely Fine.(1.85gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom an early 20th century collection.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 330. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
FL IVL HE-LENAE AVG, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre, CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 48. 1.79gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 269-270. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.38gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
IM CAE MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor, in military dress, standing to left on prow of galley, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with Chi-Rho, Victory seated steering in stern; A in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 260. 5.64gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
