LOT 3122
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint; struck AD 145-147. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and vertical sceptre in her left. RIC III 129; Cohen 226; BMCRE 521. Very Fine.(3.01gr, 18mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound Braintree, Essex, UK.
Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.ESS-9F6A6F.
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Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AR Coins. 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Including an Antoninianus of Postumus. 49gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 353-354. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [FEL TEMP] REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; CSLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 189 (GSLG); 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. 215 (mintmark for Constantius Gallus). 2.40gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good 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. -
Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Various emperors. 32.37gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired in 1992. Private collection, since the late 1990s.
