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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Maximian, as Senior Augustus, BI Nummus. AD 305-306. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right on left, facing Quies standing to left on right, holding branch and sceptre; S F across fields, Є between figures, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC VI 14b. 8.27gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-351. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right / Emperor standing left, holding Victory on globe and labarum inscribed with a Christogram; A in right field. Cf. RIC VIII 264. 5.75gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 124-127. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS III, Roma seated to left on cuirass, foot on helmet, holding Victory and cornucopiae; S C in exergue. RIC II.3 870; C. 343 var. (bust type); BMCRE 1297. 24.04gr, 33mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
