LOT 3663
Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 335. Antioch mint. 8th officina.
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, looking inwards, each holding spear and resting hand on shield; two standards between them, SMANH in exergue. RIC VII 88. Near Extremely Fine.(2.28gr, 17mm, 5h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, 2006.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 1329.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Domitian AE Semis. AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP DOMIT AVG GERM COS [XV?], draped bust of Apollo to right; branch in front / Raven standing to right on laurel branch; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 710; cf. Cohen 527; cf. BMCRE 453. 2.52gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SERAPI COMITI AVG, Serapis standing to left, raising hand and holding sceptre. RIC V.2 329 var. (Colonia Agrippinensis, reverse type); Elmer 383; RSC 360a. 3.26gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-328. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / GLORIA ROMANORVM, Roma seated to left on round shield, holding Victory on globe in her right hand and spear in her left; A in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 23. 3.23gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a UK collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
