LOT 3540
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 306. Ticinum mint. 1st officina.
IMP C CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides seated to left, holding two standards; PT in exergue. RIC VI 59a. Good Very Fine.(8.95gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Herennia Etruscilla AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil from face and holding sceptre. RIC IV 59b (Decius); RSC 19. 4.09gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely 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. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 194-195. Emesa mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[IM]P CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG C[OS II], laureate head to right / • T • R • P • III • IMP • V • COS • II, captive seated to right with hands bound behind back; pile of arms in background to right. RIC IV 433; BMCRE 406; RSC 659. 3.37gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constans AE 16mm. 4th century AD. Following Arles mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN, two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath; monogram of MA between; SARL in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 79. 1.82gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
