LOT 3517
Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 297-299. Cyzicus(?) mint. 5th officina.
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; K(?)Є in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 12a. Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(10.80gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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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. -
Herennius Etruscus, as Caesar, AR Antoninianus. AD 250-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Q HER ETR MES DECIVS NOB C, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTORVM, priestly implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, patera, and lituus. RIC IV 143 (Decius); RSC 14. 3.00gr, 22m, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Group of Ten [10] AE Barbaric Imitations of Roman Imperial Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Various types. 24.12gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
