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Lot No. 3747
 
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
1st officina. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, emperor standing to left on galley, holding Victory on globe and Chi-Ro standard, behind, Victory steering ship; A in left field, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 243. 4.42gr, 21mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

1st officina. FLA CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors, two turrets, star above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 297; C&T 10.02.005. 3.01gr, 20mm, 6h.

Extremely Fine. Rare with this obverse legend.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIII, 23 March 2017, lot 1295 (corr. Constantine II). Property of a London antiquarian.

Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750. 2.94gr, 18mm, 11h.

Very Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.

During the 4th century the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
[...]S P F AVG [...]IIC, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] VICTORIAE [...], soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman. 1.64gr, 17mm, 7h.

Near Very Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.

CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath; palm in centre field; TRP in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 206. 2.09gr, 15mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.

D N CONSTAN[...], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...]ARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750. 1.63gr, 17mm, 12h.

Very Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.

During the 4th century the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; [..?]PLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 186, 189 and 196. 2.16gr, 17mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.

During the 4th century the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
[...]VƧ P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [FE]L TEMP RE[PA]RATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; uncertain mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 221. 2.22gr, 16mm, 5h.

Very Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.

During the 4th century the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
D N CONSTA-NTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / F-EL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor in military dress, holding Phoenix and standard with Chi-Rho on banner, standing in prow of galley sailing to left being steered by Victory seated at stern; P(?)LG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 69; SCBC 750. 4.65gr, 22mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.

During the 4th century the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
Lot No. 3756
4
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, Chi-Rho, flanked by A and Ѡ, PPLG* in exergue. Cf. RIC 158. 4.51gr, 24mm, 6h.

Fine. Scarce.

Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.

Lot No. 3757
2
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
2nd officina. D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in three lines above column; TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 308. 5.15gr, 21mm, 6h.

Very Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

D N CL IVLI-ANVS AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within laurel wreath with large central jewel; TR(palm) below. RIC VIII 365; RSC 157†b. 2.06gr, 18mm, 12h.

Good Very Fine. Attractively toned.

From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.

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