LOT 3188
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 297-299. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquid flows; KB(?) in exergue. RIC VI 11a. Near Very Fine.(10.47gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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LOT 3188
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Constantine I, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, holding sceptre and Victory on globe. 2.20gr, 23mm, 10h.
Condition as seen. Casting mould sharing types of different rulers.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
With an impression of the obverse on one side, and the reverse on the other, of the coin being counterfeited this ancient forger's casting mould would have been stacked with others, the molten metal being poured from above and allowed to cool. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-328/30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint. FL AELENA (sic) AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing pearl necklace / SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand; uncertain mintmark below. Cf. RIC 291. 2.88gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Sharp details.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £105
Rome mint; struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 266; BMCRE 335-8 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 222. 3.42gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection.
