LOT 3410
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Heraclea mint; struck AD 317. 3rd officina. D N FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and draped bust to left, holding globe, mappa and sceptre / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with seven rows, no doors and three turrets; •MHTΓ• in exergue. RIC VII 23. Extremely Fine.(3.54gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Time of Maximinus II AE 15mm. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck circa AD 312. 7th officina. 'Persecution Issue'. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Z in right field, SMA in exergue. McAlee 170; Vagi 2954; Failmezger 229. 1.62gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Local imitation. IMP C [...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PA[...], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. 1.62gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 330-335. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and shield, two standards between them; SMNA in exergue. RIC VII 188. 2.09gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
