LOT 3655
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P V COS II P P, Apollo seated to left, holding branch and resting elbow on lyre. RIC IV 89; RSC 261. Good Very Fine.(4.63gr, 22mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx London, UK, gentleman 1980-2000s.
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Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around VOT • X in two lines within laurel wreath; ST below. RIC VII 162 var. (bust to right); Bikic-Do hoard 983-984 var. (mintmark PT). 3.25gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Extremely rare and apparently unpublished.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Magnentius Æ Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, Chi-Rho, flanked by A and Ѡ, PPLG* in exergue. Cf. RIC 158. 4.51gr, 24mm, 6h.
Fine. Scarce.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Helena, Augusta AE 15mm. Circa AD 340. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
1st officina. FL IVL HELENAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PAX PVBLICA, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; TRP(branch) in exergue. RIC VIII 90. 1.40gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 38, 29 July 2017, lot 794. Property of a London antiquarian.
