LOT 4202
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322-323. London mint. 1st officina.
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOT-IS XX; three stars above, F B across field, PLON in exergue. RIC VII 253. Very Fine.(2.80gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 4202
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 290-293. 'C' mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVID AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton and cornucopia, globe at feet; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 -; RPC V.5 3027. 4.85gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Gordian III AV Aureus. AD 239. Rome mint.
Estimate: £2,500 - 3,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,250
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P II COS P P, Pax, draped, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in extended right hand and transverse sceptre in left hand. RIC IV 22; Calicó 3215. 4.99gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Well centred, lovely lustrous metal. Previously graded NGC XF Strike: 4/5 Surface: 2/5 "scuffs, edge filing" (#6822193-001). Very rare; one recorded example on OCRE, eight recorded examples on CoinArchives.
Ex Heritage World Coin Auctions, NYINC Signature Sale 3114 (16/1/2024), Lot 33264 ("From the Dynasty Collection, #V"). Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Divus Augustus AE Sestertius. AD 21-22. Rome mint.
Estimate: £3,500 - 4,500 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,890
DIVVS AVGVSTVS PATER, Augustus, radiate, enthroned left, holding branch over lighted altar and sceptre / TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVST P M TR POT XXIIII around SC. RIC (Tiberius) 49; C. 309; BMCRE (Tiberius) 74; BN (Tiberius) 50. 25.51gr, 26mm, 1h.
Good Extremely Fine. Among the finest known examples of the type. Rare.
Ex Münchner Münzhandlung Karl Kreß, Auction 143, 27 May 1968, lot 441. Ex Münzen & Medaillen Deutschland GmbH, Auction 38, 5 June 2013, lot 249. Ex Baldwin's Auctions Ltd - Dmitry Markov Coins & Medals - M&M Numismatics Ltd, The New York Sale XXXIV, 6 January 2015, lot 523. Ex Maison Palombo, Auction 18, 17 November 2019, lot 58. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XX, 29 October 2020, lot 533. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
