LOT 3118
Aelius, as Caesar AE Dupondius or As. AD 137.
Contemporary imitation? AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). Near Very Fine.(9.28gr, 26mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Treveri mint; struck AD 310-313. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate and draped bust of Sol to right. RIC VI 893. 4.79gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £44
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 11th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / SOLI CONS AVG, bull standing to right; XI in exergue. RIC V 285; Cohen 983; MIR 749b. 3.05gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following uncertain mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, D in left field; 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. 217 (Arles). 2.57gr, 16mm, 12h.
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.
