LOT 3281
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 293-296.
'C' mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe in right hand and cornucopia in left; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 108; Webb 164. Near Very Fine.(3.45gr, 21mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 4th officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; ΔSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 161. 3.32gr, 19mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Sharp details; beautiful dark patina with brown highlights.
From a private collection, UK. -
Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 330-331. 1st officina. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, each holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield, two standards between; PLG in exergue. RIC VII 240. 2.46gr, 18mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina.
Ex Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993; Ex Spink & Son, 26 August 2004. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Treveri (?) mint; struck mid AD 269. IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, with right hand raised and holding whip in left; star to left. Cf. RIC V.2 113; cf. RIC V.4 507. 2.21gr, 20mm, 2h
Extremely Fine. Unsual issue of Victorinus with the portrait of Postumus, which seems to have been struck at the beginning of his reign.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
