Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 572Auction date: 9 October 2024
Lot number: 652

Price realized: 400 USD   (Approx. 365 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Follis (12mm, 1.53 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation. Imitating official issues of the Treveri (Trier) mint, struck under Constantine I, AD 330-331. Laureate, helmeted, and mantled bust of Constantinopolis left, holding scepter over shoulder / She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; TRS. Cf. RIC VII 523/522 (for obv./rev. of official issues); cf. A. Marsden, "Contemporary Imitations of Constantine's Wolf & Twins Coinage" in Treasure Hunting, June-July 2001, p. 29, style 2/b (for reverse). Brassy surfaces. EF. A Nether Compton "Mule".

From the 1989 Nether Compton (Dorset) Hoard.

This massive hoard of 22,670 Roman coins was found by Mike Pittard while metal detecting in a field near Nether Compton on 19 February 1989. The field is by the side of a trackway, the other side of which is a known Roman building. The actual finding of the hoard was photographed and the report was published in The Searcher magazine (Issue 44, April 1989). The hoard was deposited with the Yeovil Museum by the finder in 1989. It was subsequently returned to the finder, sold, and dispersed through the trade in 1994. No detailed record was made of the contents of the hoard. The pottery vessel and some 33 additional coins that had remained stuck to the pot were donated to the museum and remain there. Although the Nether Compton Hoard was never recorded or published, a limited amount of information has been gleaned from people who have handled it or part of it. It was a very large mid-Constantinian hoard and typical in composition, with all but about 7% consisting of the very common bronze issues of the AD 330s (the Urbs Roma and Constantinopolis commemoratives and the Gloria Exercitus type in the names of Constantine I and his sons). There were no coins of the two Victories type, suggesting that the hoard was deposited around AD 339.

Estimate: 100 USD

Match 1:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 580Auction date: 5 February 2025
Lot number: 719

Price realized: 100 USD   (Approx. 97 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Follis (13mm, 1.10 g, 4h). Contemporary imitation. Imitating official issues of the Treveri (Trier) mint, struck under Constantine I, AD 330-331. Laureate, helmeted, and mantled bust of Constantinopolis left, holding scepter over shoulder / She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; TRP. Cf. RIC VII 523/522 (for obv./rev. of official issues); cf. A. Marsden, "Contemporary Imitations of Constantine's Wolf & Twins Coinage" in Treasure Hunting, June-July 2001, fig. 4 (for similar mule). Dark olive brown patina. Near EF. A Nether Compton "Mule".

From the 1989 Nether Compton (Dorset) Hoard.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 2:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 580Auction date: 5 February 2025
Lot number: 720

Price realized: 350 USD   (Approx. 339 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Follis (16mm, 1.81 g, 5h). Contemporary imitation. Imitating official issues of the Treveri (Trier) mint, struck under Constantine I, AD 330-337. Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left / She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; •TRP• (retrograde). Cf. RIC VII 522; cf. A. Marsden, "Contemporary Imitations of Constantine's Wolf & Twins Coinage" in Treasure Hunting, June-July 2001, fig. 4 (for similar mule). Dark olive brown patina. EF.

From the 1989 Nether Compton (Dorset) Hoard.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 3:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 572Auction date: 9 October 2024
Lot number: 657

Price realized: 350 USD   (Approx. 319 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
Lot description:


Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Follis (13mm, 1.18 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation. Imitating official issues of the Lugdunum (Lyon) mint, struck under Constantine I, AD 330-331. Helmeted and mantled bust of Roma left / Victory standing left on prow, holding spear and resting hand on shield set on ground to right; SLG. Cf. RIC VII 242/241 (for obv./rev. of official issues). Dark brown patina. Good VF.

From the 1989 Nether Compton (Dorset) Hoard.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 4:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 581Auction date: 19 February 2025
Lot number: 771

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


Crispus. Caesar, AD 316-326. Æ Follis (18mm, 2.97 g, 6h). Contemporary imitation. Imitating an emission of the Londinium (London) mint, struck under Constantine I, circa late AD 320-321. IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield / BEATA TN QVILLITVS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOT/IS/ XX in three lines; three stars above; PLON. RML 974 footnote 60 (this coin cited); cf. C&T p. 268 (for official emission) and 9.04.014 (for similar issue from a later emission). Dark brown patina, slight roughness. VF.

From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection.


Estimate: 100 USD

Match 5:
Classical Numismatic Group > Electronic Auction 581Auction date: 19 February 2025
Lot number: 758

Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot
Lot description:


Commemorative Series. AD 330-354. Æ Follis (15mm, 1.57 g, 12h). Contemporary imitation. Imitating official issues, struck under Constantine I, circa AD 330-circa 331. Laureate, helmeted, and mantled bust of Constantinopolis left, holding scepter over shoulder / She-wolf standing left, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above; TT. Cf. A. Marsden, "Contemporary Imitations of Constantine's Wolf & Twins Coinage" in Treasure Hunting, June-July 2001, fig. 4 (for similar mule). Dark green and brown patina. Near EF.


Estimate: 100 USD