LOT 3558
Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 272-337. Following Lugdunum mint.
[...]-TiNVS AVG, laureate head to right / BEATA TRIIИOVILLITIS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines and surmounted by globe, three stars above; C R across fields, P⊥CI below. For prototype cf. RIC VII 131. Very Fine. Very interesting and rare imitative issue.(1.89gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Essex.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Vespasian AE Dupondius. Struck AD 74. Rome mint.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.
From UK private collection. -
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 Unpublished with this mintmark or RIC VI 29b. 9.83gr, 25mm, 12h.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. -
Julia Maesa AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing to left, extending hand over child and holding cornucopia. RIC IV 249 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 61 (Elagabalus); RSC 8. 2.91gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
