LOT 3539
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 297-299. Cyzicus mint.
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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Magnentius BI Centenionalis AD 350-353. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / Two Victories standing facing one another, holding wreath. 3.47gr, 30mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to left / FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing facing, head to right, holding basket of fruit and grain ears. RIC II.3 2200; BMCRE 627; RSC 716. 3.23gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 171-172. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head to right / IMP VI COS III, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and resting hand on shield set on ground. RIC III 261; BMCRE 555; RSC 290. 3.54gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
