LOT 3888
Leo I, with Verina AE Nummus. AD 457-474. Constantinople mint.
[D N L]EO, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / b-E, Aelia Verina standing facing, holding globus cruciger and sceptre. RIC X 714: LRBC II, 2275. Good Very Fine.(0.91gr, 10mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, STR• in exergue. RIC VII 341. 2.89gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Commemorative Series BI Nummus. AD 330. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
VRBS ROMA, bust of Roma to left, wearing crested helmet and imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, rose on shoulder, suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above; RFQ in exergue. RIC 331. 2.77gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. Struck AD 79. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
CAESAR AVG F DOMITIANVS COS VI, laureate head to right / PRINCEPS IVVENTVTIS, clasped hands holding legionary eagle set on prow. RIC II 246 (Vespasian); BMCRE 269 (Vespasian); RSC 393. 2.98gr, 18mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
