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LOT 3640
Group of Thirty-Eight [38] Roman and Byzantine Coins. 1st-7th century AD.
Various emperors. Condition as seen.(120gr total.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Mediolanum mint; struck circa AD 269-270. 2nd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F [AVG], radiate, draped, [and cuirassed?] bust to right, seen from behind / FIDES [MIL]IT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149; cf. Cohen 89; cf. MER-RIC 57. 2.92gr, 20mm, 5h.
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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. -
Lucius Verus AE As. AD 161-169.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. L VERVS ARM [...], laureate head to right / TR POT VI [...], Victory standing facing, erecting trophy with shield at base to left and holding palm frond; S C across fields. Cf. RIC III 1448 (TR P VI IMP IIII COS II); cf. Cohen 282 (same). 9.49gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Worcestershire, UK.
