LOT 3769
Theodosius II AE 9mm. AD 402-450. Uncertain mint.
[...]EODO[...], bust to right / Cross. Cf. RIC 453 (Antioch; cross within wreath). Fine.(0.95gr, 9mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Magnentius Æ Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, Chi-Rho, flanked by A and Ѡ, PPLG* in exergue. Cf. RIC 158. 4.51gr, 24mm, 6h.
Fine. Scarce.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquor flows; HTB in exergue. RIC VI 19b corr. (obv. legend). 9.95gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Following Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; [..?]PLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 186, 189 and 196. 2.16gr, 17mm, 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.
