LOT 2933
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 9th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / NEPTVNO CONS AVG, capricorn to right; N below. RIC V.1 245 (sole reign); MIR 732b; RSC 667. Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Very rare officina.(3.28gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268-269. 1st officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right and raising robe with her left hand; P in exergue. RIC V.1, 168; MER-RIC 26 (temporary). 3.66gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 324. 6th officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG around wreath enclosing VOT • XX in two lines; TSЄVI below. RIC VII 123. 2.98gr, 19mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 337-350.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 348-350. 1st officina. D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constans standing to left on galley holding phoenix on globe and labarum with Christogram; at stern sits Victory, steering the ship; TESA below. RIC VIII 109. 4.60gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
