LOT 3418
Julia Mamaea AR Denarius. AD 222-235. Rome mint.
IVLIA MAMAEA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VESTA, Vesta standing facing, head to left, holding palladium and sceptre. RIC IV 360 (Sev. Alexander); BMCRE 381 (Sev. Alexander); RSC 81. Near Extremely Fine.(3.63gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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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. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-221. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / ABVNDANTIA AVG, Abundantia standing facing, head to left, emptying cornucopia held with both hands; in field to right, eight-pointed star. RIC IV 56; BMC 192; Cohen 1. 2.82gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-38. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera and sceptre; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. 9.21gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Smoothed and tooled.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
