LOT 3347
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint. 'Travel series' issue.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right / AFRICA, Africa, wearing elephant headdress, reclining to left, holding scorpion and cornucopia; basket of corn to left. RIC II.3 1494; BMCRE 816; RSC 138. Very Fine. Toned.(2.97gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Aelia Flacilla BI 24mm. AD 383-386. Constantinople mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AEL FLACILLA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing elaborate headdress / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing a Chi-Rho on shield set on column, CONB in exergue. RIC IX 81. 4.54gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing to left, holding branch and raising robe; SMALB in exergue. RIC VII 38. 2.63gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm. 4th century AD. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. Cf. 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. 224. 1.98gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly double struck.
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.
