LOT 3341
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Treveri mint; struck AD 310-313. IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, right hand raised, holding globe with left; T F across fields; PTR in exergue. RIC VI 866b. Near Very Fine. Extremely Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.(5.03gr, 23mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Divus Valerian II BI Antoninianus. Died AD 258.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint. DIVO CAES VALERIANO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, lighted altar. RIC V 24; MIR 261g; RSC 12. 2.89gr, 21mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; S-F across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC VII 4; Bastien 541. 3.96gr, 21mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Treveri mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, holding shield and spearing enemy on ground before him, broken spear and shield beneath horse; TRP(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 271. 4.34gr, 23mm, 6h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
