LOT 3604
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm. 4th century AD. Following uncertain mint.
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. Cf. 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. 224. Near Very Fine. Seemingly double struck.(1.98gr, 18mm, 10h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
FootnotesDuring 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.
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LOT 3604
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 270-271. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising hand and holding whip; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 4.42gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 3.24gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Commodus AR Denarius. Struck AD 189. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[M] COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / SEC ORB P M TR P [XIIII] COS V DES VI, Securitas seated to left on throne, holding globe. RIC III 190; MIR 18, 788-4/30; RSC 695. 2.66gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
