LOT 3596
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
MAGNEN[...] AVGVTV(sic), bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...]REIPVIC(sic), emperor standing to left, holding Victory on globe and labarum, A in right field; TR(?)P in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 262. Near Very Fine.(5.37gr, 23mm, 6h.).
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 3596
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 88-89. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC II.2 633; Cohen 313; BMCRE 406-7; BN 436-438. 28.79gr, 34mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, with modius on head and chlamys over shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; Є in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 3a (pellet at beginning of exergual legend). 8.76gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Radiate bust to right / Pontifical implements. 4.55gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
