LOT 3611
Roman Imperial Barbarous Imitation AE 10mm. Circa 4th century AD.
Bust to right / Soldier advancing to left, spearing fallen horseman. Very Fine.(1.14gr, 10mm.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled around altar before. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 2.71gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
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. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270. Rome mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding baton over globe and sceptre; ς in right field. RIC V.1 29; MER-RIC 1161 (temporary). 2.15gr, 22mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
