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LOT 3642
Group of Ten [10] Roman Imperial AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Various emperors. Condition as seen.(32.37gr total.).
ProvenanceAcquired in 1992.
Private collection, since the late 1990s.
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Vespasian AE Dupondius. AD 69-79.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
Rome mint; struck AD 74. IMP CAES VESP AVG P M T P COS V GENS, radiate head to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; S C across fields. RIC II.1 715; BMCRE 696. 12.28gr, 26mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some tooling.
From UK private collection. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 353-354. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [FEL TEMP] REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; CSLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 189 (GSLG); 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. 215 (mintmark for Constantius Gallus). 2.40gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good 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. -
Valerian II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 254-255.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Viminacium(?) mint. P LIC VALERIANVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, sacrificial implements. RIC V.1 19 (Rome). 3.54gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
