LOT 3241
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Ticinum mint. Struck AD 276. 5th officina. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICIT TEMP, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus with right hand and sceptre with left; V in exergue. RIC V.1 140; MER-RIC 3442 (temporary). Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.(4.42gr, 22mm, 12h).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Nero & Drusus Caesar AE Dupondius. Died AD 31 and 33, respectively.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. NERO ET DRVSVS CAESARES, Nero and Drusus Caesar on horseback riding to right, cloaks flying behind them / C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT around large S • C. RIC I 34 (Gaius); BMCRE 44. 16.27gr, 28mm, 5h
Very Fine. Smoothed.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 337-350.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 348-350. 1st officina. D N CONSTA-NS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor standing facing, head to left, on prow of galley sailed to left by Victory seated to left at stern, holding Victory on globe with right hand and labarum with Christogram with left, A in left field; (star)PLG in exergue. RIC VIII 105; Bastien 205. 4.53gr, 24mm, 12h
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.
