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LOT 3053
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left with raised right hand, holding globe with left; S P across field, PLN in exergue. RIC 116; CT 8.09.021. Extremely Fine.(2.99gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics, E-sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 1545.
Acquired on the UK market.
Property of a London antiquarian.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...] CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTO]RIA AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm in her left. For prototype cf. RIC V.1 168. 2.23gr, 18mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. Struck circa AD 314. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI CONSERVATORI, Mars standing to right, holding spear and shield; S F across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 4; CT 8.02.009. 2.71gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After circa AD 146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA FAVSTINA, diademed and draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and placing her left on shield set on the ground. RIC 366; Cohen 73. 3.15gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
