LOT 3716
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 323-324. Treveri mint.
1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory advancing to right, holding trophy and palm, spurning captive seated on ground to right; PTR in exergue. RIC VII 429 corr. (palm). Very Fine.(3.32gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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Leo I AE 10mm. AD 457-474. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[D] N LEO P F [AVG], pearl diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right, within wreath. RIC X 674 ff. 1.33gr, 10mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 98, 16 June 2022, lot 1619. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; XXIϛ in exergue. RIC V.1 87; MER-RIC 3502 (temporary). 3.36gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Following Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
D N CONSTA-NTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / F-EL TEMP REPARATIO, Emperor in military dress, holding Phoenix and standard with Chi-Rho on banner, standing in prow of galley sailing to left being steered by Victory seated at stern; P(?)LG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 69; SCBC 750. 4.65gr, 22mm, 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.
