LOT 3207
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320.
Aquileia mint. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S F across fields, AQT in exergue. RIC VII 41. Near Extremely Fine.(3.43gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Treveri mint. Struck during the city's counter-revolt against Magnentius and Decentius in favor of remaining loyal to Constantius. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large Christogram; A ω across field. Cf. RIC VIII 332. 4.91gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 310-313. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI CON-SERVATORI, Mars standing to right, holding spear and resting hand on shield; T F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 862. 4.49gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.26gr, 17mm.
Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
