LOT 3430
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding wand over globe and cornucopia. RIC IV 13; BMCRE 86-88; RSC 77a. Extremely Fine.(3.00gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Romano-British Imitation of possibly Constantius II AE 12mm. 4th century AD. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N CONSTAN[...], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750. 1.22gr, 12mm, 4h.
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 were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Julia Maesa AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil over face and holding transverse sceptre. RIC IV 268 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 76 (Elagabalus); RSC 36. 3.01gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely 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. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 291-292. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre, B E across field; MLXXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 3.12gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
