LOT 3835
Licinius I BI Nummus. Struck AD 313. Siscia mint. Uncertain officina.
IMP LIC LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG NN, Jupiter, nude, standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, to left, eagle standing to left, head to right, wreath in beak; officina letter to right; SIS in exergue. RIC VI 233a. Very Fine.(2.97gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Honorius AE Nummus. AD 393-423. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to left, holding spear and resting on shield; Victory crowning the emperor with wreath; SM[...] in exergue. Cf. RIC 68 (Cyzicus). 1.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Denarius. Struck AD 113-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.27gr, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine/Near Extremely Fine. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, 5 December 2011, no.961. Ex ACR ArtCoins Roma, 20 May 2015, no.3192. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and provenance. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322-323. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, •STR• in exergue. RIC VII 369. 2.73gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
