LMCC 3.01.024, RIC 37A CONSTANTIVS NOB C GENIO POPV - LI ROMANI -/-//- 8.47g, 28mm 303-May 305 AD Purchased from Asprey Coins, ex Spink Sale 8019 Lot 109 I've had my eye out for a nice Constantius from the London mint, for the obvious reason that it was his military action which brought Britannia back into the empire after the secessionist reigns of Carausius and Allectus, and it was under his authority that the mint was formalised and established. I was pleased to find this example, minted towards the end of the period of the first Tetrarchy, and showing the fully mature style of portraiture that would become the relative norm for the remainder of the Mint's output until the rapid reduction in flan size could only support the smaller and less powerful portraits from around 313 AD onward. For example, compare the powerful and weighty bust above to a beautiful example of Constantine: 9.05.013 (cuirassed) or 9.05.015 (trabea) - RIC VII 271 CONSTAN - TINVS AG - Laureate and cuirassed or trabeate bust right, holding eagle tipped sceptre in right hand BEAT TRAN - QLITAS - Globe on altar inscribed VOT/IS/XX in three lines; above, three stars -/-//PLON 19mm, 3.71g, 321 AD ex Alan Cherry, London Coin Fair 2019 This was not the first coin I have purchased from this particular ebayer, which was a rather attractive nummus of Galerius as Caesar: LMCC 3.01.031 MAXIMIANVS NOBIL C GENIO POPV - LI ROMANI 10.72g, 27mm, 303 – 1 May 305 AD -/-//- – London Mint At the time of purchasing this Galerius coin, the seller was unable to provide me with any information regarding provenance due to a computer crash. I spent a considerable amount of time trying to trace it, but to no avail. When I asked him regarding the new Constantius coin, he promptly provided me with a Spink sale reference and lot number (part), and after a little exploring found that both the Constantius and the Galerius had been part of one lot, and that they both came from the substantial and important collection of Dr. J S Vogelaar, a numismatist whose extensive collection was sold off in several large sales during 2008-2009. For information about this collection, please see this link to an interview by Lee Toone for The Celator magazine: http://www.hookmoor.com/home/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/Vogelaar-Celator-Article-v2-lo-lo-res.pdf Please share your coins of Constantius, coins you found to have an excellent provenance after purchase, or anything you feel is appropriate.
I haven't been so lucky as to discover a provenance after purchase. But here's a London Constantius I have with a good provenance: Constantius I, 305-306, London, 27mm, 9.50g, IMP CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, RIC VI London 52a. From the Falmouth Hoard (1865). It came with a Baldwin's paper envelope annotated by Lord Stewartby while cataloguing. (He seems to have changed his mind about the RIC reference several times!)
Very nice example. I also have a coin from the Falmouth Hoard, a later second reduction Maximianus from his 'second reign' with the Genio Pop Rom reverse, along with the Baldwin envelope and Stewartby annotations. Here is the thread that I posted about it, including a link to the article Stewartby wrote on the topic: https://www.cointalk.com/threads/maximianus-london-mint-from-1865-falmouth-hoard.352367/
Here's one, Constantius Quarter Follis Siscia instead of London. Siscia seemed to crank these out. I also have one of Severus II AE Quarter Follis Obverse: Bust of Constantius right, IMP C CONSTANTIVS PF AVG Reverse: Genius left, holding patera and cornucopia, GENIO POPVLI ROMANI Reference: RIC VI 167 Mint: Siscia
I chose this bronze of Constantius II because it's a Centenionalis, but mostly due to its multi color final appearance. Antioch.
Constantius I Reign: As Caesar, A.D. 293-305. Denomination: Æ Follis. Diameter: 29 mm. Weight: 9.34 grams. Mint: Cyzicus, c. A.D. 297-299. Obverse: Laureate head right. Reverse: Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopia. Constantius II AE Centenionalis AD 337-361. Constantius II bust, right. REV: soldier taking young barbarian
my only current Constantius I from London, but it is posthumous. Constantius I posthumous issue A.D. 307- 310 23x25mm 6.6g DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO; laureate and veiled bust right. MEMORIA FELIX; lighted and garlanded altar, on either side eagle. In ex. PLN RIC VI London 110
I am still looking for a Constantius I from London. This one is from Siscia: Constantius I Siscia mint, A.D. 300-301 Obv: CONSTANTIUS NOB CAES Rev: SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR - Moneta, standing left, holding scales and cornucopiae SIS in exergue; ✳ in left field, B in right RIC 135a 28mm, 9.5g.
The only coins I have with provenances discovered after purchase are a handful that I've discovered were previously sold at CNG or Roma auctions, most recently the two Thessaly Zeus/Athena staters I bought that turned out to come from the Triton XV auction. But none from further back than about 2005, so nothing exciting. And I have no coins at all from the London mint -- at least, not anything minted in London for at least another 1,200 years!. But here are my coins of Constantius I and his grandson Constantius II, from the Heraclea and Trier mints, respectively: Constantius I Chlorus Caesar (father of Constantine I), Billon Follis, 296-297 AD, Heraclea Mint (3rd Officina). Obv. Laureate head right, FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES / Rev. Genius wearing modius on head, standing left, nude, chlamys draped over left shoulder, holding cornucopiae in left hand and pouring libation from patera in right hand, GENO POPV-L-I ROMANI; mintmark HT Γ[gamma] [Γ= 3rd Officina] in exergue. RIC VI Heraclea 18a (p. 531), Sear RCV IV 14061. 29 mm., 9.91 g. Constantius II Caesar (son of Constantine I), silvered billon centenionalis, Trier Mint (2nd Officina) 326 AD. Obv. laureate, draped and cuirassed bust left, FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C / Rev. Camp-gate with no doors and two turrets, star above; PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS. In exergue: STR followed by pellet in crescent. RIC VII Trier 480S (p. 209), Sear RCV V 17618. 19 mm., 3.09 g.
This is my only one. RI Constantius I Chlorus 293-306 CE DIVO AE Quinarius Thesalonika 317-318 Seated RIC VII 25 R5 R
