LOT 3185
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 305-311.
Heraclea mint; struck AD 308-309. 1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera; •HTA• in exergue. RIC VI 37a. Near Very Fine.(6.71gr, 26mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK market before 2000.
Property of a London, UK, gentleman.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 12mm. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman(?). 1.56gr, 12mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Augustus AE Sestertius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Uncertain Asian mint; struck 25 BC. [AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / C A within laurel wreath. RIC I 501 (Pergamum); BMCRE 713 (Pergamum); CBN 956 (Pergamum); RPC I 2233 (Asia). 23.17gr, 35mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following Lugdunum mint(?). D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; SPLG(?) in exergue. SCBC 750. 4.26gr, 20mm, 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.
