LOT 3620
Hadrian AE Sestertius. Circa AD 130-133. Rome mint. "Travel series" issue.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust to right / DACIA in exergue, S C across field, Dacia seated to left on rock pile, holding signum (standard) in right hand and falx (curved sword) over left shoulder. RIC II.3 1650; RIC II 849; Banti 237. Extremely Fine. Tooled and smoothed.(26.14gr, 32mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 272-273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTOR, pontifical implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, knife, lituus. RIC V.2 258; RIC V.4 772-3 (knife not mentioned). 2.17gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Philip I AE Sestertius. AD 244-249. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding signum in each hand; S C across fields. RIC IV 172a; Cohen 59. 21.04gr, 30mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex London, UK, collection, 2000s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750. 2.94gr, 18mm, 11h.
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.
