LOT 3457
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 267-268. Rome mint.
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / DIANAE CONS AVG, antelope standing to left; X in exergue. RIC V.1 179 (sole reign); MIR 744b; RSC 158. Very Fine.(3.02gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 6th officina.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, holding sceptre and raising hand in salute; captive seated below to left, R(star)ς in exergue. RIC V.2 157; probuscoins.fr 1972. 4.18gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, pouring liquid from patera and holding cornucopia; Γ in right field, •TS• in exergue. RIC VI 25a. 10.79gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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.
