LOT 3565
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 327-329. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head to left, holding branch; SMHΓ in exergue. RIC VII 95. Near Very Fine.(2.81gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Julia Soaemias AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust to right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated to left, holding apple and sceptre; child at feet. RIC IV 243 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 56 (Elagabalus); RSC 14. 3.32gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 124-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Roma seated to left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and cornucopiae; S C in exergue. RIC II.3 870; C. 343 var. (bust type); BMCRE 1297. 24.04gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constans AE 16mm. 4th century AD. Following Arles mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN, two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath; monogram of MA between; SARL in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 79. 1.82gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
