LOT 3864
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. Struck AD 350-Spring 351. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REI PVBLICE, Emperor in military dress standing to left, holding standard with Chi-Ro and Victory on globe, crowning emperor with wreath; A in right field, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 264; Bastien 24. Good Very Fine.(3.99gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 330/1. Arelate mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers, between them, two standards; above, star; [...]CONST in exergue. RIC VII 347. 2.36gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 313-315. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre and Victory on globe; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, Є in right field, SMK in exergue. RIC VII 4. 2.89gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Licinius I AE Nummus. AD 316. Trier mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, T-S across field, BTR in exergue. RIC 120. 3.35gr, 20mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
