LOT 3557
Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Following Arles mint; struck circa AD 330-335. CONSTANTI-NVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right. / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers holding spears and shields with two standards between them, with long rectangular banners; wreath in upper centre, dot in the middle and within wreath; SCONST in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VII 370; 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. 216. Very Fine.(2.04gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFound Yorkshire, UK.
From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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Julia Domna AR Denarius. AD 196-211. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / PIETAS PVBLICA, Pietas standing facing, head to left, at altar, raising both hands. RIC IV 574 (Severus); BMCRE 69 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 156. 3.06gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. AD 310-313. Antioch mint. 'Persecution Issue'. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated on throne to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch; H in right field; ANT in exergue. Van Heesch, Last 2; McAlee 171h. 1.58gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Aelia Flacilla BI 24mm. AD 383-386. Constantinople mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AEL FLACILLA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing elaborate headdress / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing a Chi-Rho on shield set on column, CONB in exergue. RIC IX 81. 4.54gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
