LOT 3723
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 321-324. Siscia mint.
1st officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT X in two lines; ASIS(sunburst) below. RIC VII 181. Near Extremely Fine.(3.27gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Contemporary imitation of an uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Garbled legend around radiate and draped bust of Tetricus I to right. / Garbled legend imitating INVICTVS, Sol standing to left, holding whip and raising right hand. For prototype cf. RIC V.2, 82-84. 3.41gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on throne with ornamented legs, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.51gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, around, VOT • V in three lines within laurel wreath; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 163. 2.71gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
