LOT 3225
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Following uncertain mint. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, D in left field; uncertain mintmark in exergue. 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. 217 (Arles). Good Very Fine.(2.57gr, 16mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFound 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 temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
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LOT 3225
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.79gr, 17mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 320. 2nd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated at base of trophy; star in left field, STR in exergue. RIC VII 251; Cohen 172. 3.19gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £390
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 36-37. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, her legs draped resting on footstool, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.74gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the Helmingham hoard.
