LOT 3615
Group of Seven [7] Constantinian BI Coins. 4th century AD.
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. Condition as seen.(15.04gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent.
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Group of Ten [10] Large Roman Provincial and Imperial AE Coins. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: Sestertius, As and large AE's of various emperors and reverse types. 104gr total, 22-33 mm.
Good to Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked except for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; Δ in left field, MKV in exergue. RIC 43. 5.39gr, 25mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Bronze Forger's Coin Die. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left, and a worn legend surrounding. 8.51 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ancient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua.
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