LOT 3303
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Rome mint.
M • AGRIPPA • L • F COS • III, head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). Near Very Fine.(11.39gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 155-156. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XIX, laureate head to right / COS III, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; in exergue S C. RIC 679; Cohen 366. 11.79gr, 26mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Various emperors. 37.37gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. Struck circa AD 351-353. Following possibly Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...]IVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A to left / VICT DD [...], two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; mintmark in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151; SCBC 750. 3.39gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good 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.
