LOT 3163
Aelius, as Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Rome mint; struck AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Pannonia standing facing, head to left, holding vexillum and robe; PANNO-NIA S C in two lines across fields. RIC II.3 2661; BMCRE 1936. Near Very Fine.(10.31gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Constantius II, as Caesar AV Solidus. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,770
Ticinum mint; struck AD 324-325. FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI I-V-VENTVTIS, prince standing facing, head to right, holding legionary standard surmounted by eagle with right hand and sceptre with left; in field to right, another standard surmounted by hand; SMT in exergue. RIC VII 181; Cahn 71, 1847; Basel xvii, 612. 4.38gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Exceedingly rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. [C] PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.50gr, 19mm.
Near Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 258. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LEG I MIN VI P VI F, Minerva standing to left, holding Victory, spear and shield. RIC V.1 322 (joint reign); MIR 988n; RSC 459a. 3.98gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
