LOT 3643
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 219. Rome mint.
IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / VICTOR ANTONINI AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 153; BMCRE 124; RSC 293. Very Fine.(2.37gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Following Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; [..?]PLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 186, 189 and 196. 2.16gr, 17mm, 6h.
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 temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 73. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
IMP CAES VESP AVG CEN, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Vespasian seated to right on curule chair, holding sceptre in right hand and olive branch in left. RIC II.1 545; BMCRE p.19 note; RSC 387a. 3.50gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Diva Faustina I AE Dupondius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 141-146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
DIVA AVG FAVSTINA, draped bust to right, wearing hair bound in pearls on top of her head / AETER-NITAS, Pietas standing to left by altar, raising right hand and holding box of incense with left. RIC III 1161 (Pius) var. (DIVA FAVSTINA). 10.41gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Dark green patina. Extremely rare with this obverse legend.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
