LOT 3078
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.
Aquileia mint; struck AD 307-310. 2nd officina. IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, with shield by left side, in hexastyle temple with knobs as acroteria, crescent in pediment; AQS in exergue. RIC VI 125. Good Very Fine.(6.00gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Treveri mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, STR(pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 477. 3.20gr, 18mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Dark glossy patina.
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993; Ex Spink & Son, 26 February 2004; Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319-320. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, bound captive to left and right; T T in exergue. RIC VII 114. 3.37gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Intact silvering.
From a private collection, UK. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • X in two lines; ЄSIS(star) below. RIC VII 166. 2.83gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private collection, UK.
