LOT 3102
Julia Titi, Augusta AE Dupondius. AD 79-90/1.
Rome mint; struck under Titus, AD 80-81. IVLIA IMP T AVG F AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / CERES AVGVST, Ceres standing to left, holding grain ears and sceptre; S C across field. RIC II 192; Cohen 2; BMC 255. Near Extremely Fine. Some smoothing. Beautiful dark green patina with golden-brown highlights.(13.04gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom Dr M. Andreas Pangerl, Munich, collection.
Acquired in March 2013.
Ex Nomos AG, Auction 21, 21 November 2020, lot 313 (company's ticket included).
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LOT 3102
Julia Titi, Augusta AE Dupondius.
Estimate £1,800 - 2,400€2,090 - 2,780 (for guidance only)$2,430 - 3,240 (for guidance only)
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £105
Rome mint; struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 266; BMCRE 335-8 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 222. 3.42gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 353-354. 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; CSLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 189 (GSLG); 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. 215 (mintmark for Constantius Gallus). 2.40gr, 18mm, 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. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286-305.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 298-303. 2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; •TSB• in exergue. RIC VI 21b. 9.69gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
