LOT 3131
Lucilla, Augusta AE As. AD 161-169.
Rome mint; struck AD 161-164. LVCILLAE AVG ANTONINI AVG F, draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; S C across field. RIC III 1733 (Aurelius); Cohen 11. Good Very Fine.(9.51gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Antioch mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol in long robe, standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and other holding head of Serapis; A in left field, star in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 167b. 4.22gr, 22mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £180 - 240 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £90
Rome mint; struck AD 134-138. HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, bare head to right, drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVG, Victory standing to right, drawing out fold of dress and holding branch downwards. RIC II 282 var. (bust type). 3.41gr, 18mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left / VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath on supporting column inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; PPLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151 (no column); SCBC 750. 3.01gr, 21mm, 5h.
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.
