LOT 3510
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 285. Antioch mint.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, emperor standing to right, holding parazonium and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; ЄΔ between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 325. Very Fine.(3.81gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Following uncertain mint. D N ƆONSTAN-TIV[...], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] PP-PΛPΛTI[...], soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; 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. 221. 1.48gr, 17mm, 1h.
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 were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment; RES in exergue. RIC VI 258. 5.75gr, 24mm, 12h.
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. -
Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-351. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing left, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with a Christogram; A in right field. Cf. RIC VIII 264. 5.75gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
