![Group of Fifteen [15] Roman Imperial AR Denarii.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/233295b.jpg "Group of Fifteen [15] Roman Imperial AR Denarii.")
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LOT 3645
Group of Fifteen [15] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. 3rd century BC-3rd century AD.
Including an Alexander III AR Drachm and an interesting imitation of a Denarius of Septimius Severus. Condition as seen.(46gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3645
Group of Fifteen [15] Roman Imperial AR Denarii.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left / VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath on supporting column inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; PPLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151 (no column); SCBC 750. 3.01gr, 21mm, 5h.
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. -
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / MARTI PACIF, Mars walking to left, holding olive branch and spear and shield; I in left field, QXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 508. 4.04gr, 24mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Julia Mamaea AE Sestertius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 224. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / VENVS FELIX, Venus seated to left, holding statuette and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC IV 701 (Alexander); BMCRE 199 (Alexander). 16.81gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Nottinghamshire, UK.
