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LOT 3236
Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Ambianum mint. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ω across fields, AMB in exergue. RIC VIII 34. Very Fine.(8.89gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Compton Dundon hoard.
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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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. -
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Group of Fifteen [15] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. 3rd century BC-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Including an Alexander III AR Drachm and an interesting imitation of a Denarius of Septimius Severus. 46gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus standing to right, feeding snake held in arms. RIC IV 129a; RSC 325. 3.40gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
