LOT 2934
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / SOLI CONS AVG, Pegasus springing to right; A below. RIC V.1 283 (sole reign); MIR 712b; RSC 979. Very Fine.(3.19gr, 20mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Domitian AE As. AD 81-96.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 87. [IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII] CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / [VIRTVTI] AVGVSTI, Virtus standing to right, foot on helmet, holding spear and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC II.1 550; BMCRE 404. 10.04gr, 28mm, 6h.
Fine. Edges having been tapped to create raised rims.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Proto-contorniate is the modern term used to describe Roman Imperial and Provincial bronze coins of the first, second, and early third centuries with hammered-up edges. These raised edges on the rims probably occurred after these bronze issues no longer circulated and ceased to be part of the currency in general use. A common assumption is that proto-contorniates functioned as game counters since the rim created through hammering could protect the designs. Andreas Alföldi in Die Kontorniaten (Budapest, 1943) believed proto-contorniates to be forerunners of the contorniates of the fourth and fifth centuries. He argued that proto-contorniates were New Year's gifts and that the older coins were actually hammered in the fourth century before the contorniates proper came into being. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in three lines within laurel wreath; PTR in exergue. RIC VII 433. 2.82gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
By inheritance; Property of a Lincolnshire lady. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 323-350.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laurel and rosette diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, helmeted soldier advancing to right, head to left and with spear pointing downward in left hand, leading with right hand a small figure from hut beneath tree; uncertain mintmark. Cf. RIC VIII 140. 4.19gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
