LOT 3744
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 347-348. Cyzicus mint.
2nd officina. D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier, with spear in hand, advancing to right with head reverted, leading small figure from hut beneath tree; SMKB in exergue. RIC VIII 72. Good Very Fine.(4.74gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.68gr, 19mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Light toning.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750. 2.94gr, 18mm, 11h.
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. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Circa AD 151-152. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / TR POT XV COS IIII, Pietas standing to right by altar, holding hind and basket of fruits; PIETAS in exergue. RIC III 217; BMCRE 755; RSC 617. 3.50gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
