LOT 3680
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270. Rome mint.
IMP C M AVR [CL QVINTILLVS AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [PAX AV]GVST[I], Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; A in left field. RIC V.1 26; MER-RIC 1126 (temporary). Near Very Fine.(2.46gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Incuse of IMP CONSTANTINVS [...], laureate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of standing figure, obscure inscription. 4.03gr, 28mm, 9h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[...]VƧ P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [FE]L TEMP RE[PA]RATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; 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. 2.22gr, 16mm, 5h.
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. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. Circa AD 151-152. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP CAES T AEL HADR ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P, laureate head to right / TR POT XV COS IIII, Pietas standing to right by altar, holding hind and basket of fruits; PIETAS in exergue. RIC III 217; BMCRE 755; RSC 617. 3.50gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
