LOT 3557
Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Following Arles mint; struck circa AD 330-335. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right. / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, with long rectangular banners; wreath in upper centre, dot in the middle and within wreath; SCONST in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VII 370; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 216. Very Fine.(2.04gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, holding Victory and sceptre; R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. RIC V.2 187; probuscoins.fr 239. 3.18gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Serdica mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, XXIS, Probus on horse galloping left, preparing to hurl spear at fallen enemy to lower left. RIC 818. 5.08gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286-305. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopiae; AQP (or AQ•P?) in exergue. Unpublished with this mintmark or RIC VI 29b. 9.83gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
