LOT 3651
Pupienus AE Sestertius. AD 238. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS II P P, emperor standing to left, holding branch and parazonium; S C across fields. RIC IV 15; Cohen 30; BMCRE 51. Good Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.(17.61gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Following Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; [..?]PLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 186, 189 and 196. 2.16gr, 17mm, 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. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
5th officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; X in left field, Є over K in right field; ALE in exergue. RIC VI 78. 5.61gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 219. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CAES ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / VICTOR ANTONINI AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 153; BMCRE 124; RSC 293. 2.37gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
