LOT 3359
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Treveri mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, holding shield and spearing enemy on ground before him, broken spear and shield beneath horse; TRP(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 271. Very Fine - Good Very Fine.(4.34gr, 23mm, 6h).
ProvenanceEx Compton Dundon Hoard, found in Somerset, 2017.
FootnotesThe Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Estimate: £500 - 700 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £250
Uncertain mint; struck AD 287-290. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left. RIC V 880. 4.53gr, 22mm, 11h
Extremely Fine. Nice dark green patina with some brown highlights.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005, collector's ticket included. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 312. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; S-F across fields, PLG in exergue. RIC VII 4; Bastien 541. 3.96gr, 21mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £1,800 - 2,400 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped(?) bust to left / IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P, Justitia seated to left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II, part 3 1228. 23.94gr, 35mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Charming brown patina with green highlights. Very Rare.
Ex Arts Classica, Auction XV, 1930, lot 1552; Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Ebert I & Sess. B, 11 January 2013, lot 5213.
