LOT 3857
Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 4th 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, MNΔ below. RIC VII 128. Good Very Fine.(3.38gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Roman Imperial, Probus and Numerian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Incuse of IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 386 (obverse of Antoninianus of Numerian, Lugdunum); for reverse cf. RIC V.2 861 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Serdica). 4.19gr, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Postumus wearing cuirass and standing to right, holding globe and spear. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. 3.44gr, 23mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-244. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AETERNA, Pax running to left, holding branch and sceptre; in field, S C. RIC IV 319a; Cohen 169. 20.23gr, 30mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
