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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Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Following Ludgunum mint; struck circa AD 353-354. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; CPLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 189; 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. 215. 2.54gr, 18mm, 12h.
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 were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 202-210. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / FVNDATOR PACIS, emperor, veiled and togate, standing to left, holding branch and roll. RIC IV 265; BMCRE 330; RSC 205. 3.47gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; TSB in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 11.01gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
