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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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following uncertain mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, D in left field; uncertain mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 217 (Arles). 2.57gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 314-315. 1st officina. IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INV-I-CTO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, holding globe and raising right hand; R over X in left field, F in right field; R P in exergue. RIC VII 30. 3.05gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and mappa in his left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT X; bound captive seated to left and right; S F HL(ligate) across fields; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 125 (bust type). 3.22gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
