LOT 3669
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 260-262. Rome mint.
8th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right on crescent / VENVS VICTRIX, Venus standing to left, holding helmet and sceptre, shield at foot. H in right field. RIC V.1, 31. Very Fine.(2.82gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 234. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in two lines within laurel wreath; PLON(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 292; C&T 10.01.007; RML 1105. 3.20gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322-323. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in four lines; three stars above, •PTR• below. RIC VII 369. 3.14gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
2nd(?) officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and mantled bust to left, holding Victory on globe and mappa / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX, written in three lines, surmounted by globe, three stars above; [S?]TR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 3.27gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Nice brown patina with dark green deposits.
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 late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
