LOT 3359
Sabina AR Denarius. AD 130-133. Rome mint.
SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, draped bust to right, wearing stephane / CONCORDIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and resting arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia under throne. RIC II.3 2501; BMCRE 895-900 (Hadrian); RSC 12. Very Fine.(3.21gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head to left, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; TSA in exergue. RIC VI 20b. 11.13gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm. 4th century AD. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. Cf. 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. 224. 1.98gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly double struck.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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. -
Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial AR Denarii. 2nd-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 9.28gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
