LOT 3445
Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck under Philip I, AD 244. Antioch mint.
MARC OTACI SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / PIETAS AVG N, Pietas standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; to left, child standing to right, extending hands toward Pietas. RIC IV 134 (Philip I) var. (MARC OTACIL); RSC 42a var. (same). Very Fine. Extremely rare; unpublished obverse legend variety.(4.28gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
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Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 323-324. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT •X• in two lines within wreath; •PLGC• below. RIC VII 223 (r4). 3.24gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Following uncertain mint. D N ƆONSTAN-TIV[...], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] PP-PΛPΛTI[...], soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; uncertain mintmark in exergue. 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. 221. 1.48gr, 17mm, 1h.
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. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 119-120. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Pietas standing to right, raising hands; VOT PVB across fields. RIC II.3 199; BMCRE 324; RSC 1477. 3.03gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Found Gloucestershire, UK.
