LOT 3533
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 296. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left holding patera over altar and cornucopia; AQP in exergue. RIC VI 23b. Very Fine.(10.95gr, 28mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Sabina AR Denarius. AD 136. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
SABINA AVGVSTA, draped and diademed bust to right, wearing stephane / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia standing to left, resting on column, holding patera and cornucopia. RIC II.3 2571; BMCRE 929-931 (Hadrian); RSC 3a. 3.71gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Galerius BI Nummus. Struck AD 309. Antioch mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, holding patera, from which liquid pours, and cornucopia; O above S in right field, ANT• in exergue. RIC VI 112a. 6.60gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm. 4th century AD. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. Cf. 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. 224. 1.98gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly double struck.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
