LOT 3132
Crispina, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 178-182.
Rome mint; struck AD 180-182. CRISPINA AVG IMP COMMODI AVG, draped bust to right / [S]ALVS, Salus seated to left, feeding from patera snake coiled around altar; S C across field. RIC III 672b (Commodus); Cohen 32; BMCRE 423 (Commodus). Very Fine. Attractive green highlights on light brown patina.(19.28gr, 28mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx London, Mayfair, UK, collection.
Accompanied by old collector's envelope noting 'Lot Brass / Crispina / wife of Commodus / AD 180 / Rev SALVS / L354 / 1/7/35'.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Treveri mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC 769. 2.41gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. British Victory issue. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / IMPERA-T-OR II, Victory flying to right, holding trophy in both hands; S C across field. RIC III 717a. 28.61gr, 32mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Dark green patina with earthen highlights.
Ex David Miller collection, Hertfordshire, UK, 1980s.
This coin was issued to mark the suppression of the British uprising in AD 143 by the Roman governor of Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, which gave rise to the construction of the Antonine Wall, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth. -
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.
