Coins, Ancient: Spain, Castulo, Roman Republican Period, mid...

Hammer

£35

Coins, Ancient: Spain, Castulo, Roman Republican Period, mid-2nd century BC, Æ Semis, obv: diademed male head to right; rev: [VOC•S•T•F] before / Bull standing to right; crescent and CN above, FVL•CNF before, [Iberian "KASTILO" in exergue], ACIP 2119, 8.12g, 23mm, (1); Roman, Constantine I 'the Great, Antioch, AD 327-328, BI Nummus, obv: CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate bust to right, rev: PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate, two turrets and star above, dot in doorway; SMANTS in exergue, RIC VII 71, 2.58g, 20mm, Rare in this state, lovely verdigris patination, (1), [2]

Provenance: 1st: Ex G Mace Collection, January 1946; coin originally identified by Ashmolean Museum and then described by Spink as "No value," Mace's ink manuscript collection ticket inscribed thus.