LOT 3812
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. Struck AD 337-340. Constantinople mint. 5th officina.
FL IVL HELENAE AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing necklace / PAX PVBLICA [•], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre in her left; CONSЄ in exergue. RIC VIII 34; LRBC 1047. Near Very Fine.(1.37gr, 15mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 323-324. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing to right, holding trophy and palm branch, captive at feet to right; C in left field, •PLG(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 222. 2.87gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Repatinated.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Geta, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 200-202. Rome(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed and draped bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left. Cf. RIC IV 9a; cf. BMC 220; cf. Cohen 38. 3.38gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Fausta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, draped bust to right / SPES REIPVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, head left, cradling two infants in her arms; MNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 131. 2.77gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
