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LOT 3019
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Carthage mint. 8th officina.
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant-skin headdress, holding standard and elephant tusk; lion holding bull's head at feet to left, H in left field, PKT in exergue. RIC VI 24a. Very Fine.(9.40gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Claudius AE As. Struck circa AD 41-50. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head to left / CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Minerva standing to left, in military dress, leaning on sceptre held in left hand; S C across fields. RIC I 95; BMC 140. 11.22gr, 29mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
Antioch mint; struck AD 72-73. [IMP] CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVGVSTI, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC II.1 1554; RPC II 1927; BMCRE 505; RSC 74. 3.12gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Interesting with inner linear circle on the reverse (possibly auxiliary line for the engraver).
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, hurling thunderbolt. RIC IV 235. 3.06gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
