LOT 3116
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 128-136/7.
Rome mint; struck circa AD 128-134. SABINA AVGVSTA HADRIANI AVG P P, diademed and draped bust to right / CONCOR-DIA AVG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with her right hand and resting her left arm on statuette of Spes; cornucopia beneath throne. RIC II 398 (Hadrian); RSC 12. Good Very Fine. Amazing old cabinet tone.(3.37gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 261, 3 August 2011, lot 255.
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LOT 3116
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius.
Estimate £600 - 800€700 - 930 (for guidance only)$810 - 1,080 (for guidance only)
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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Following Arles mint; struck circa AD 348-354. [...[COΠSTA-TIVS P F ꜸG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...]PARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; TCON in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 215 & 224; 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. 1.88gr, 16mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found 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. -
Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-311.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Siscia(?) mint. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; Γ(?) in right field; SIS(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 135b. 9.56gr, 29mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK market before 2000. Property of a London, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Thirty-Six [36] Mainly Roman and Byzantine AE Coins. 4th-7th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various types. 111gr total.
Condition as seen.
Property of a Worcestershire, UK, collector.
