LOT 3595
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
MAGͶͶ-[...], bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ƧVL[...], large Chi-Rho; A ധ (Alpha Omega) across fields, TRE in exergue. See Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971). Near Very Fine. Very rare imitative issue.(7.01gr, 24mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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LOT 3595
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 198-200. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
L • SEPTIMIVS GETA CAES, bare-headed and draped bust to right / SEVERI PII AVG FIL, priestly implements: lituus, knife, jug, simpulum, aspergillum. RIC IV 3; BMCRE 147 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 188. 3.13gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Geta, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 200-202. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
P SEPT GETA CAES PONT, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICT • AETERN, Victory flying to left, holding ribbon over shield on low base. RIC IV 23; BMCRE 247 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 206. 3.06gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AE Sestertius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Aeternitas standing facing, head to left, holding phoenix on globe and lifting hem of skirt; S C across fields. RIC III 1105 (Pius); Cohen 12; BMCRE 1490 (Pius). 26.04gr, 35mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
