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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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Divus Constantine I AE Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Antioch mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG, veiled head of Constantine I to right / Constantine I in quadriga to right, extending hand toward manus Dei above; [star above?]; SMANH in exergue. Cf. RIC VIII 37. 1.76gr, 15mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind bust / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor standing to left on galley, holding Victory on globe and Chi-Ro standard, behind, Victory steering ship; A in left field, TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 243. 4.14gr, 21mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing facing, head to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing VOT X on shield set on trunk of palm tree; S C across fields. RIC IV 616; Cohen 567; BMCRE 643. 15.34gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
