LOT 3353
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 136. Rome mint.
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to left / FIDES PVBLICA, Fides standing facing, head to right, holding basket of fruit and grain ears. RIC II.3 2200; BMCRE 627; RSC 716. Near Very Fine. Toned.(3.23gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 296-298. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; AQP in exergue. RIC VI 23a. 9.71gr, 28mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 291-292. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre, B E across field; MLXXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 3.12gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
