Constantine the Great Nummus from Roma Numismatics

I recently added the coin pictured below from Roma E-Sale 75. After searching a long time for an example from the London Mint I stumbled on this coin . I overpaid for the coin , but knowing it came from the collection of the renown numismatist-author Italo Vecchi tipped me over the edge .

Constantine I, AD 307-337 (struck AD 307-310), London Mint, AE Nummus: 28 mm, 6.57 gm, 8 h. Obverse: Constantine laureate & cuirassed, facing right, IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG. Reverse: Genius facing left, holding cornucopia & patera, GENIO POP ROM, in exergue PLN. Ex Italo Vecchi Collection. RIC 103, Cloke & Toone 5.04.003

 

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Quite the beauty! Genius is flexing on us all with those abs
And given how the coin market is right now perhaps it’s not so much overpaying, just that everything is much more expensive!

 

Very nice!

 

What a great example. And generous flan.

 

How do you separate a coin from the Italo Vecchi collection from the many coins he sold as a dealer? Did it come with a special style ticket? It is a lovely coin in any event.

 

Nice coin, well struck on a larger than normal flan with very clear devices.

 

A coin worth overpaying for. I like it very much.

 

Yep, I would have paid too much for it as well. A superb coin.

 

Lately I feel I am overbidding on most of these auctions and my success rate has fallen significantly. I am still happy to get the ones I feel I might have overpaid to get.

Watching the Leu auction as I write this. Very active bidding with strong prices. The ones I am interested in happen tomorrow. I have to get up before 5 AM.

 

indeed a very nice coin!!!

 

That's a good question . The only person who can answer that is Richard Beale, who took the consignment. The coin was listed under the Roma description as "From the collection of Italo Vecchi". Beale's word is good enough for me .