LOT 3402
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 198-200. Rome mint.
L • SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed and draped bust to right / SEVERI PII AVG FIL, priestly implements: lituus, knife, jug, simpulum, aspergillum. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 147 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 188. Very Fine.(3.13gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 200-202. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICT • AETERN, Victory flying to left, holding ribbon over shield on low base. RIC IV 23; BMCRE 247 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 206. 3.06gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very 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. -
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. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left; S in exergue. RIC V.1 171. 3.87gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
