LOT 3206
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-326.
Treveri mint; struck AD 320. 2nd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated at base of trophy; star in left field, STR in exergue. RIC VII 251; Cohen 172. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(3.19gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left / VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath on supporting column inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; PPLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151 (no column); SCBC 750. 3.01gr, 21mm, 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. -
Augustus Fourrée Denarius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Estimate: £800 - 1,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £360
Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?). Struck circa 19-18 BC. Head to right, wearing oak wreath / CAESAR above, AVGVSTVS below, S P above and Q R beneath shield inscribed CL V; laurel branches (or trees) flanking. For prototype: RIC I 36a; ACIP 4037; RSC 51. 2.69gr, 16mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Light old cabinet tone.
Acquired from cgb.fr, Paris on 11 December 2010. -
Arcadius AE 14mm. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck AD 383-388. 4th officina. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT X MVLT XX in four lines within wreath; ANΔ below. RIC IX 65c. 1.29gr, 14mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
