LOT 3412
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 219. Rome mint.
IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P II COS II P P, Providentia standing to left, legs crossed, holding rod and cornucopia, and leaning on column; globe at feet. RIC IV 23; BMCRE 102; RSC 144. Very Fine.(2.81gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Julia Soaemias AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust to right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated to left, holding apple and sceptre; child at feet. RIC IV 243 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 56 (Elagabalus); RSC 14. 3.32gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely 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. -
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Group of Ten [10] AE Barbaric Imitations of Roman Imperial Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Various types. 23.23gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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.
