LOT 3318
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 72-73. Antioch mint.
IMP CAES VESP AVG P M COS IIII, laureate head to right / NEP RED, Neptune standing to left, with right foot on globe, holding acrostolium and sceptre. RIC 1555; RPC II 1928; RSC 274. Extremely Fine.(3.10gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Tiberius AR Denarius. Struck AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint. "Tribute Penny" type.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.83gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Following uncertain mint. D N ƆONSTAN-TIV[...], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] PP-PΛPΛTI[...], soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; 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. 1.48gr, 17mm, 1h.
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. -
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Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Various emperors. 40.24gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
