LOT 3687
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Contemporary imitation.
IMP TETRICVS P AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising hem of robe. Cf. RIC V.2, 136. Very Fine.(2.39gr, 19mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. Struck AD 321-324. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
1st officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT X in two lines; ASIS(sunburst) below. RIC VII 181. 3.27gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 321. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, around VOT V in laurel wreath; R S in exergue. RIC VII 236. 2.52gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
[...]VƧ P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [FE]L TEMP RE[PA]RATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; uncertain mintmark in exergue. 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. 221. 2.22gr, 16mm, 5h.
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.
