LOT 3568
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CRISPVS CAESAR in two lines; star above, SMANTE below. RIC VII 58. Very Fine.(1.83gr, 17mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and trophy; R(thunderbolt)S in exergue. RIC V.2 213. 3.80gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, emperor in Syrian robes standing to left, sacrificing from patera over tripod and holding branch; star in left field. RIC IV 146; BMCRE 232; RSC 276. 3.63gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
MAGͶͶ-[...], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ƧVL[...], large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, TRE in exergue. See Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971). 7.01gr, 24mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare imitative issue.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
