LOT 3159
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270-271. 2nd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [DAC]IA FELIX, Dacia standing to left, holding long staff, surmounted by ass's head; S in exergue. RIC V.1 108; MER-RIC 1383 (temporary); Cohen 73. Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Rare.(3.36gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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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. -
Lucilla, Augusta AE As. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint; struck AD 161-164. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; S C across field. RIC III 1733 (Aurelius); Cohen 11. 9.51gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Aelius, as Caesar AE Dupondius or As. AD 137.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). 11.96gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
