LOT 3587
Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 329-330. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with eight rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, wreath in left field, II in right field; SMAL below. RIC VII 52. Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Extremely rare variant.(3.10gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Zeno AE 8mm. AD 476-491. Uncertain mint or Thessalonica.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N ZENO P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Monogram of emperor Zeno (type 2) within wreath, no mark in exergue. RIC X, 958-959. 0.82gr, 8mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 51, 21 July 2019, lot 736 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Domitius Alexander (usurper) AE 23mm. AD 308-311. Carthage mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG, laureate head to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS KART, Alexander on horseback to right, raising right hand; PK in exergue. RIC VI 66 var. (rev. legend break); BM 1862,0415.18 var. (same). 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The usurper L. Domitius Alexander (Alexander of Carthage) was governor of Africa and had sworn allegiance to Maxentius, securing the all-important Carthaginian grain supply for Rome. Constantine and Maximian convinced Alexander to renege on this alliance, and thus he deserted to their camp and halted the grain shipments, causing famine and severe rioting in Rome. Maxentius sent his praetorian prefect, Volusian, with several Legions to North Africa to put an end to Alexander's revolt, and when Constantine and Maximian offered no help, Volusian's legions swiftly defeated Alexander and his troops. Alexander himself was captured and strangled shortly thereafter. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 112-114. Rome mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas, draped, standing to left, holding winged caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left; S C across fields. RIC II 625 var. (bust). 27.92gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
