LOT 3766
Valentinian II AE 21mm. AD 383-388. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
D N VALENTINI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS E-XERCITI, emperor standing to right, holding standard and globe, foot on captive to right; ANTΔ in exergue. RIC IX 63a var. (officina not listed). Good Very Fine. Extremely rare with this officina.(5.38gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. Circa AD 325. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
1st officina. FLA CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors, two turrets, star above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 297; C&T 10.02.005. 3.01gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Rare with this obverse legend.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XIII, 23 March 2017, lot 1295 (corr. Constantine II). Property of a London antiquarian. -
Crispus, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 320-321. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
3rd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT V in two lines; ΓSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 161. 3,03gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very 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.
