LOT 3204
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Siscia mint; struck AD 321-324. 3rd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • X in two lines; ΓS[IS](sunburst) below. RIC VII 181. Extremely Fine.(3.54gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Treveri mint; struck AD 266-267. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS POSTVMI AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding snake held in arms. RIC V.2 328 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 350a. 2.84gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 321-324. 1st officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT X in two lines; ASIS(sunburst) below. RIC VII 181. 3.39gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following uncertain mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, D in left field; 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. 217 (Arles). 2.57gr, 16mm, 12h.
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.
