LOT 3558
Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 272-337. Following Lugdunum mint.
[...]-TiNVS AVG, laureate head to right / BEATA TRIIИOVILLITIS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines and surmounted by globe, three stars above; C R across fields, P⊥CI below. For prototype cf. RIC VII 131. Very Fine. Very interesting and rare imitative issue.(1.89gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Essex.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Julian II AR Siliqua. AD 360-363. Lugdunum mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
FL CL IVLIANVS P P AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust right / VOTIS V MVLTIS X in four lines within wreath with jewel at apex; SLVG in exergue. RIC 227; RSC 163†b. 2.04gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 198. Laodicea mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C M AVR ANTON AVG P TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVGG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 337d; RSC 168e. 3.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
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Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296. London(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left; waves and Q[...] below. Cf. RIC V.2 55. 2.16gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
