LOT 3603
Caligula AE Quadrans. AD 40-41. Rome mint.
PON M TR P IIII P P COS TERT around RCC / C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRON AVG, pileus; S C across fields. RIC I 52; Cohen 7; BMCRE 64. Very Fine.(3.41gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constans(?) BI Centenionalis. 4th century AD. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[...]S P F AVG [...]IIC, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] VICTORIAE [...], soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman. 1.64gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquor flows; HTB in exergue. RIC VI 19b corr. (obv. legend). 9.95gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
M • AGRIPPA • L • F COS • III, head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 11.20gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
