LOT 3226
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Following Lugdunum mint; struck circa AD 351-353. N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust right; A to left / VICT DD NN AVG ET CAES, two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath on supporting column inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; PPLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151 (no column); SCBC 750. Very Fine.(3.01gr, 21mm, 5h.).
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 3226
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
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Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
London(?) mint. 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. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-308.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Serdica mint; struck AD 307-308. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB C, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, standing to left, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; star in left field, Δ(?) in right field; •SM•SD• in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 37. 6.91gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Rome mint; struck AD 161. IMP CAES M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG P M, laureate head to right, with slight drapery over shoulders / CONCORD AVGVSTOR TR P XV, Marcus Aurelius, togate, on the left, and Lucius Verus, togate, on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands, each holding a scroll in his left hand; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC III 795-797 var. (bust type); Cohen 45-47 var. (same). 26.55gr, 33mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare bust type.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
