LOT 3124
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. British Victory issue. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / IMPERA-T-OR II, Victory flying to right, holding trophy in both hands; S C across field. RIC III 717a. Near Extremely Fine. Dark green patina with earthen highlights.(28.61gr, 32mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceEx David Miller collection, Hertfordshire, UK, 1980s.
FootnotesThis coin was issued to mark the suppression of the British uprising in AD 143 by the Roman governor of Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, which gave rise to the construction of the Antonine Wall, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth.
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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. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Following Arles mint; struck circa AD 348-354. [...[COΠSTA-TIVS P F ꜸG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...]PARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; TCON in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 215 & 224; 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. 224. 1.88gr, 16mm, 6h.
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. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-328/30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint. FL AELENA (sic) AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right, wearing pearl necklace / SECVRITAS REI PVBLICE, Securitas, veiled, standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand; uncertain mintmark below. Cf. RIC 291. 2.88gr, 19mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Sharp details.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
