LOT 3608
Aelia Flacilla BI 24mm. AD 383-386. Constantinople mint. 2nd officina.
AEL FLACILLA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing elaborate headdress / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing a Chi-Rho on shield set on column, CONB in exergue. RIC IX 81. Good Very Fine.(4.54gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAGNEN[...] AVGVTV(sic), bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...]REIPVIC(sic), emperor standing to left, holding Victory on globe and labarum, A in right field; TR(?)P in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 262. 5.37gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 246-247. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNIT IMPER, Sol advancing to left with whip. RIC IV 226 corr. (rev. legend); RSC 6. 4.90gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 119-125. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Aeternitas standing to left, holding heads of Sol and Luna; AETER AVG across fields. RIC II.3 115; RSC 131. 3.05gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
