LOT 3325
Vespasian AE Semis. AD 74. Rome mint. Struck for circulation in the East.
IMP • VESP • AVG, laureate head to left / PON • TR • POT, winged caduceus. RIC II -; RPC -; McAlee 377. Very Fine. Very rare with this reverse legend.(3.15gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Maximian, as Senior Augustus, BI Nummus. AD 305-306. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
D N MAXIMIANO BAEATISSIMO SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENTIA DEORVM QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right on left, facing Quies standing to left on right, holding branch and sceptre; S F across fields, Є between figures, •SM•SD• in exergue. RIC VI 14b. 8.27gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Julia Maesa AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing to left, extending hand over child and holding cornucopia. RIC IV 249 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 61 (Elagabalus); RSC 8. 2.91gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAGNEN[...] AVGVTV(sic), bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...]REIPVIC(sic), emperor standing to left, holding Victory on globe and labarum, A in right field; TR(?)P in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 262. 5.37gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
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.
