LOT 3401
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 200-202. Rome mint.
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. Near Very Fine.(3.06gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom 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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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. Struck circa AD 351-353. Following possibly Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...]IVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A to left / VICT DD [...], two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; mintmark in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151; SCBC 750. 3.39gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
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. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 80 (Lugdunum) and 323 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.52gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing to right, head to left, raising right hand and holding globe. RIC IV 111; RSC 39. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
