LOT 3411
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 321-322. 3rd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around wreath containing VOT • X • in four lines; T T in exergue. RIC VII 164 (r4). Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 6h. Very rare.(3.51gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Local imitation. [...]ICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / ΛVI-I-[...]G, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 71 (FIDES MILITVM). 2.43gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Constantinople mint; struck AD 328. 3rd officina. Dafne coinage. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed head to right, looking upwards / CONS[T]A[NTINIANA DAFNE], Victory seated to left on cippus, head to right, holding palm branch in each hand; trophy in front, at the foot of which captive kneeling to left, head to right, spurned by Victory; Γ in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 32; LRBC 992. 3.25gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 317-318. 1st officina. FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI • IVVENTVTIS, prince advancing to right, holding transverse spear and globe; F-T across fields, •ATR in exergue. RIC VII 173. 2.92gr, 23mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
