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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Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck under Philip I, AD 244. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
MARC OTACI SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / PIETAS AVG N, Pietas standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; to left, child standing to right, extending hands toward Pietas. RIC IV 134 (Philip I) var. (MARC OTACIL); RSC 42a var. (same). 4.28gr, 24mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished obverse legend variety.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving galloping quadriga to left, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 200; Cohen 648. 3.78gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
