LOT 3569
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no door and two turrets, star above; SMHΓ below. RIC VII 75. Extremely Fine.(2.85gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius AD 175-176. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
M ANTONINVS AVG GERM SARM, laureate head to right / TR P XXX IMP VIII COS III, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC III 359 var. (rev. legend); BMCRE 672; RSC 929c. 3.20gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 259. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, emperor standing to right, holding spear, receiving wreath from Roma standing to left, holding spear and shield, wreath in field above. RIC V.1 (joint reign) 457 var. (emperor receiving Victory); MIR 1704b; RSC 1266. 3.59gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constans(?) AE Centenionalis. 4th century AD. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
[...]SDEM[...](sic), pearl-diademed and cuirassed bust to right / ECTI[...](sic), soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; ICOI(sic) in exergue. 1.56gr, 16mm. 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
