LOT 3713
Constantine I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. Circa summer AD 307. Treveri mint.
1st officina. FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PATRI PROPVGNATORI, Mars advancing to right, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left; S A in fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 730. Very Fine.(6.23gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[...]VƧ P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [FE]L TEMP RE[PA]RATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; uncertain mintmark in exergue. 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. 221. 2.22gr, 16mm, 5h.
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. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 221. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £29
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS III P P, emperor standing to left, sacrificing over lit altar, holding patera and branch (or club); star to left. RIC IV 46; BMCRE 256; RSC 256. 3.64gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Nicomedia mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI CMH (ligate), Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; SMNA in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 6.34gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
