LOT 3602
Agrippina I AE Sestertius. Circa AD 42-43. Rome mint.
AGRIPPINA M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust to right, with hair in long plait / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large S C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 219-221 (Claudius); BN 236. Near Extremely Fine. Lightly smoothed in the fields. Nice dark green patina.(27.48gr, 37mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3602
Agrippina I AE Sestertius.
Estimate £1,000 - 1,400€1,160 - 1,620 (for guidance only)$1,350 - 1,890 (for guidance only)
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
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. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 175-176. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM TR P XXX P P, laureate head to right / IMP VIII COS [III CLEME]NTIA AVG, Clementia standing to left, holding patera and sceptre; S C across fields. RIC III 1160; Cohen 358. 26.11gr, 31mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Theodosius I BI 22mm. Struck AD 383-388. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITI, emperor standing to right, holding labarum and globe, left foot on captive; SMNΔ in exergue. RIC IX 44b. 5.00gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Sandy patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
