LOT 3098
Nero AR Denarius. AD 54-68.
Rome mint; struck AD 65-66. [NERO CAESAR] AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / VESTA, hexastyle temple of Vesta with domed roof, set on podium of four steps; within, statue of Vesta seated, holding patera in right hand and long sceptre in left. RIC I 62; RSC 335. Extremely Fine. A little off-centre.(3.46gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 21, 31 October 2015, lot 749.
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Maximian BI Nummus. AD 286-305.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 298-303. 2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; •TSB• in exergue. RIC VI 21b. 9.69gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint; struck February-autumn AD 98. IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate head to right / PONT MAX TR POT COS II, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC II 17; Cohen 292; BMCRE 14; Woytek 24a. 2.88gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Following Lugdunum mint(?). D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP RE-PARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; SPLG(?) in exergue. SCBC 750. 4.26gr, 20mm, 6h.
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.
