LOT 3182
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
London(?) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left; waves and Q[...] below. Cf. RIC V.2 55. Very Fine.(2.16gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
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LOT 3182
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Treveri mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC 769. 2.41gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Julian II BI 25mm. AD 360-363.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Lugdunum mint. Contemporary imitation. D N FL C IVII-ANVᔕ P F HVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ᔕECVRITAƧ REI PVB, bull standing to right with two stars above; LVGDOFD? in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 236. 6.15gr, 25mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC IV.2 28; Cohen -. 2.96gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
