Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 4867

Price realized: 170 CHF   (Approx. 193 USD / 179 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Licinius II, Caesar, 317-324. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.63 g), brockage mint error, Antiochia, 317-320. D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C Laureate and cuirassed bust of Licinius I to left, holding mappa in his right hand and globe and scepter in his left. Rev. [IOVI CONS-ERVA]TORI CAESS / Δ / [SMANT] [Jupiter standing front, head to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and scepter in his left; at his feet, captive kneeling left]. Cf. RIC 29. Light deposits and with minor traces of cleaning, otherwise, very fine.


From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, formed since 1969.

Most of the reverse shows the imprint of the obverse of a similar coin, apparently stuck in the free reverse die when it struck the already complete coin.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 1:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 4857

Price realized: 25 CHF   (Approx. 28 USD / 26 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Licinius II, Caesar, 317-324. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 4.30 g, 12 h), Cyzicus, 321-324. D N VAL LICIN LICINIVS NOB C Helmeted and cuirassed bust of Licinius II to left, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left. Rev. IOVI CONS-ERVATORI / X/IIΓ / SMKΓ Jupiter standing front, head to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and long scepter in his left; at his feet, eagle standing left, holding wreath in beak; to right, captive seated right, his head turned back toward Jupiter. RIC 18. Minor traces of corrosion and light deposits, otherwise, good very fine.


From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, formed since 1969.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 2:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 4713

Price realized: 92 CHF   (Approx. 105 USD / 97 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Licinius II, Caesar, 317-324. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 3.34 g, 12 h), Rome, circa 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB C Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius II to right. Rev. SAECVLI F-ELICITAS / P - R / R T Shield inscribed AVG set on garlanded cippus. RIC 162. Somewhat rough and with minor deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, formed since 1969.

The rare 'SAECVLI FELICITAS' type from Rome was struck for all five members of the imperial collective. Of about 110 examples known (80 in private hands), 22 were struck for Constantine I, 6 for Licinius I, 30 for Licinius Caesar, 33 for Constantine Caesar, and 10 for Crispus. Ramskold (2018, 2020) used all 2271 coins known of the 'P R / R P' emissions to explain the deficiency of coins struck for Crispus as the result of a withdrawal of coins in his name after he was killed and a damnatio memoriae was proclaimed in 326, six years after these coins were struck.

Starting price: 50 CHF

Match 3:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 4715

Price realized: 93 CHF   (Approx. 106 USD / 98 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Licinius II, Caesar, 317-324. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 2.86 g, 10 h), Rome, circa 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB C Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius II to right. Rev. SAECVLI F-ELICITAS / P - R / R Q Wreath with AVG set on garlanded cippus. RIC 162. Somewhat rough and the obverse struck slightly off center and with thick deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, formed since 1969.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 4:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 28Auction date: 9 December 2023
Lot number: 4734

Price realized: 110 CHF   (Approx. 125 USD / 116 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Licinius II, Caesar, 317-324. Follis (Bronze, 20 mm, 2.89 g, 7 h), Rome, circa 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB C Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Licinius II to right. Rev. VOT X / ET XV F / R P in three lines within wreath. RIC 208. Very rare. Some traces of corrosion on the obverse and with minor deposits, otherwise, about very fine.


From the collection of Dr. L. Ramskold, formed since 1969.

This very rare piece is one of five known examples, three of which are in the Ramskold Collection.

Starting price: 25 CHF

Match 5:
Leu Numismatik AG > Web Auction 29Auction date: 24 February 2024
Lot number: 2498

Price realized: 420 CHF   (Approx. 477 USD / 441 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Justin II, 565-578. Solidus (Gold, 20 mm, 4.38 g, 6 h), Constantinopolis, 566/7-578. D N IVSTINVS P P AVI Helmeted, diademed and cuirassed bust of Justin II facing, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and with a shield, decorated with a horseman, over his left shoulder. Rev. VICTORIA AVGGG Δ / CONOB Constantinopolis seated facing on throne, head to right, holding scepter in her right hand and globus cruciger in her left. DOC 4c. MIB 4. SB 345. Struck from a worn obverse die and with a minor edge bump, otherwise, very fine.


From a European collection, formed before 2005.

Starting price: 75 CHF