LOT 3207
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320.
Aquileia mint. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S F across fields, AQT in exergue. RIC VII 41. Near Extremely Fine.(3.43gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Galerius BI Nummus. AD 305-311.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Heraclea mint; struck AD 308-309. 1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera; •HTA• in exergue. RIC VI 37a. 6.71gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Treveri mint; struck AD 318-319. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, helmetted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar; STR in exergue. RIC VII 209. 3.14gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost intact.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 348-354. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; SPLG in exergue. Unrecorded mintmark for Constantius II; SCBC 750. 2.14gr, 17mm, 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.
