LOT 3631
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 293-295. London mint.
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding branch and vertical sceptre; S Λ across fields, MSL in exergue. RIC V.2 28; Burnett 15; Webb 27. Near Extremely Fine. Pleasant green patina.(4.80gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Colchester, Essex, UK.
Acquired from Den of Antiquity in 2017.
Private collection, New York, USA.
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LOT 3631
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left. Cf. RIC V.5 1236d. 2.49gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 266-267. Mediolanum mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding signum in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; MP In exergue. RIC 481; Cohen 229; MIR 1370a. 3.61gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Theodosius I AE 21mm. AD 379-395. Contemporary imitation, possibly by Cherson mint.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N TAEODO-SIVS(sic) [...]P F AVG, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield / GLORIA RO-[...],Theodosius, wearing military attire, standing to left on galley, head to right, raising hand; Victory at helm holding rudder; wreath in left field; CO[...] in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC IX 52c.3. 4.02gr, 21mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
The issue is, on account of the mintmark, occasionally described as having been struck at Constantinople for use at Cherson. However, the crude fabric and unconventional style as well as major inconsistencies in the epigraphy point to local production at the important port city of Cherson.
