LOT 3409
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Alexandria mint; struck AD 325-326. 1st officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, SMALA in exergue. RIC VII 35. Extremely Fine.(2.88gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx M.D. collection, Brussels.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT • XX in three lines within laurel wreath, jewel at apex; ΓSIS in exergue. RIC VII 148. 2.62gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 298-299. 1st officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; A in left field, star in right, TR in exergue. RIC VI 306a. 10.27gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint; struck AD 329-330. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / DN CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT XXX in two lines within wreath; RFP below. RIC VII 322. 3.30gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
