LOT 3145
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 351-353. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe with right hand and standard with Chi-Rho banner with left; RPLG in exergue. RIC VIII 112; Bastien 154; Lyon 139. Extremely Fine.(5.60gr, 22mm, 12h.).
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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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Ticinum mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / DOMINORVM NOSTRORVM CAESS, VOT ✷ V in two lines within wreath; star; T T in exergue. RIC VII 135 var. (unlisted officina). 2.74gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact. Extremely rare; unpublished officina with only three other examples on CoinArchives.
From a private, UK, collection. -
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Group of Thirty [30] Roman AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various emperors. 149gr total.
Uncleaned 'as found' condition.
From the Fell Mill site, Shipston-on-Stour, UK. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 9th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp to right; N below. RIC V.1 245 (sole reign); MIR 743b; RSC 667. 3.02 gr, 22 mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
