LOT 3570
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 323-324. Lugdunum mint.
FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT •X• in two lines within wreath; •PLGC• below. RIC VII 223 (r4). Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.(3.24gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); cf. RSC 377a (Lugdunum). 3.78gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm. 4th century AD. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. Cf. 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. 224. 1.98gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly double struck.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. 2.97gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
