LOT 3591
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Following uncertain mint. D N ƆONSTAN-TIV[...], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] PP-PΛPΛTI[...], soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; 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. 221. Very Fine.(1.48gr, 17mm, 1h.).
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 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 3591
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. Struck in the name and types of Postumus, AD 268. Mediolanum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FID[ES EQVIT], Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V.2 377; RIC V.4 454; Elmer 615; AGK 18b. 2.56gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 267-268. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / NEPTVNO CONS AVG, hippocamp to right; N in exergue. RIC V.1 245 (sole reign); MIR 743b; RSC 667. 2.85gr, 21mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 322. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath with jewel at apex containing VOT • X, written in three lines; palm fronds to left and right, AQS in exergue. RIC VII 108. 3.30gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
