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LOT 3021
Constantius I BI Nummus. Circa AD 305-306. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding sceptre over right shoulder and ornately decorated shield on left arm / VIRTVS AVGG ET CAESS NN, Emperor riding down barbarian on horseback to right, holding shield in his left hand and about to spear downward at second barbarian kneeling right before him; AQS in exergue. RIC VI 66a. Very Fine.(10.83gr, 29mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 318. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / CLARITAS REI PVBLICAE, Sol standing to left, holding globe and raising right hand; in left field, crescent; in exergue PLN. RIC VII 126. 3.67gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. Struck spring AD 274. Serdica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
6th emission. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe with left, two captives seated to left and to right at feet; T in exergue. RIC V.1 279; MER-RIC 2650 (temporary). 5.02gr, 23mm, 7h.
Mint State. Attractive old cabinet tone with light gold iridescence around the devices.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 796. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 326-328. Thessalonica mint. 1sf officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust of Helena to right / SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand. RIC VII 159. 3.09gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
