LOT 3478
Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 270. Uncertain mint. Possibly contemporary imitation.
DIVO CLAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to right, head to left. Cf. RIC V.1 266. Very Fine.(2.11gr, 18mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-271. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
DIVO CLAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, altar with flame above, divided in four squares with pellets. RIC V.1 261; MER-RIC 1275 (temporary). 2.01gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Following Arles mint; struck circa AD 330-335. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right. / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, with long rectangular banners; wreath in upper centre, dot in the middle and within wreath; SCONST in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VII 370; 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. 216. 2.04gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 140-144. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / ANNONA AVG, Annona standing facing, head to right, holding cornucopiae and grain-ears over modius; prow of ship in background; S C across fields. RIC III 597; C. 34; BMCRE 1226. 27.69gr, 33mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
