LOT 3840
Licinius II as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-320. Alexandria mint.
D N VAL LIC LICINIVS NOB C. laureate and cuirassed bust of Licinius II as Caesar to left, holding mappa in his right hand and sceptre in his left / IOVI CONSER-VATORI CAESS, crescent and B across field, Jupiter standing front, head to left, holding globe and leaning on sceptre, SMAL in exergue. RIC 25. Extremely Fine. With a fine dark patina and some silvering.(3.75gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Constantine I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 307. Carthage mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / CONSERVATOR AFRICAE SVAE, Africa standing facing, head to left, holding standard and tusk; at feet, lion to left with captured bull; SE F across fields, Δ in exergue. RIC VI 58. 11.27gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Vespasian AE As. Struck AD 71. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDE in exergue. Cf. RIC II.1 316. 11.92gr, 27mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 170-171. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within oak wreath. RIC III 1006; BMCRE 1398; Banti 241. 27.15gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on uncertain type.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Acquired from David Miller, April 2014.
