LOT 3202
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
London mint; struck AD 322-324. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOBIL C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEAT TRANQLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, F B across field; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 247; C&T 9.06.019; RML 1088. Good Very Fine.(3.62gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3202
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS [...]VG, radiate, draped (?) and cuirassed bust to right / [FIDE]S MIL[ITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. Cf. RIC V.1 71. 2.81gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Mint error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Aelius, Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £83
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Pannonia standing facing, head left, holding vexillum upright on ground, gathering up dress with right hand; S C beneath PANN-O across fields. RIC II.3 2661 (PANNONIA). 14.16gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following Lugdunum mint(?). D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; SPLG(?) in exergue. SCBC 750. 4.26gr, 20mm, 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.
