LOT 3355
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 120-121. Rome mint.
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, laureate and draped bust to right / MONETA AVGVSTI, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; S C across field. RIC II.3 435; Cohen 974; BMCRE 1196. Very Fine. Nice cypress-green patina. Very rare.(25.89gr, 34mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from DRG Coins & Antiquities, May 2017.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3355
Hadrian AE Sestertius.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
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Julia Maesa AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil over face and holding transverse sceptre. RIC IV 268 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 76 (Elagabalus); RSC 36. 3.57gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. Struck circa AD 351-353. Following possibly Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...]IVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A to left / VICT DD [...], two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; mintmark in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151; SCBC 750. 3.39gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Following Lugdunum mint. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; CSLG in exergue. SCBC 750. 2.88gr, 17mm, 7h.
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 were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
