LOT 3372
Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. After AD 161. Rome mint.
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare-headed bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / CONSECRATIO, pyre of four tiers, decorated with hangings and garlands, surmounted by quadriga. RIC III 438 (Aurelius); BMCRE 60-64 (Aurelius & Verus); RSC 164a. Good Very Fine.(3.10gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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.
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Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Various emperors. 35.71gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. Struck circa AD 351-353. Following possibly Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...]IVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A to left / VICT DD [...], two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; mintmark in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151; SCBC 750. 3.39gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
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. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 267-268. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / DIANAE CONS AVG, antelope standing to left; X in exergue. RIC V.1 179 (sole reign); MIR 744b; RSC 158. 3.02gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
