LOT 3883
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320-321. London mint. 1st officina.
CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 229; C&T 9.03.014. Near Very Fine.(3.42gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319-320. Ticinum mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives at foot of standard inscribed VOT XX; S(crescent)T in exergue. RIC 122. 2.72gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP V, laureate head to right / PART ARAB PART [ADIAB], two bound captives seated outward and upon shields; COS II [P P] in exergue. RIC 62. 2.51gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. 2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
