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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Group of Five [5] Late Roman Imperial AE Coins. 4th-5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 18.67gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Radiate bust to right / Pontifical implements. 4.55gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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.
