LOT 3113
Hadrian AR Quinarius. AD 117-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 120-121. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right with drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Victory advancing to right holding palm and wreath. RIC II.3 331; BMCRE 223; RSC 1127. Very Fine. Within golden pendant ring.(1.86gr, 14mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 348-354. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; SPLG in exergue. Unrecorded mintmark for Constantius II; SCBC 750. 2.14gr, 17mm, 6h.
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 temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 360-363.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Arelate mint. 3rd officina. D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REI PVB, bull standing to right, two stars above; before, eagle standing to right on wreath holding wreath in beak; TCONST in exergue. RIC VIII 318; LRBC 468. 8.91gr, 29mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE Sestertius. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,170
Rome mint. Struck AD 143-144. British Victory issue. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / IMPERA-T-OR II, Victory flying to right, holding trophy in both hands; S C across field. RIC III 717a. 28.61gr, 32mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine. Dark green patina with earthen highlights.
Ex David Miller collection, Hertfordshire, UK, 1980s.
This coin was issued to mark the suppression of the British uprising in AD 143 by the Roman governor of Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, which gave rise to the construction of the Antonine Wall, between the Firth of Clyde and the Firth of Forth.
