LOT 2683
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tetricus II - AE Priestly Implements Antoninianus 270-274 A.D.
Obv: C P E TETRICVS CAES, radiate, draped bust right. Rev: PIETAS AVGVSTOR, priestly implements. Good very fine.(2.42 grams, 19.65 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
LiteratureRIC 259, Cohen 57-60; Sear 11287.
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LOT 2683
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Tetricus II - AE Priestly Implements Antoninianus
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Septimius Severus - Elephant AR Denarius 197 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint. Obv: bust right. Rev: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, elephant walking right. 2.26 grams, 16 mm.
Good fine.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Commemorates the games also mentioned in the Historia Augusta that were given by Severus in mid 197 prior to his departure on his second Parthian expedition. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Valentinian I - Ancient Imitation AR Siliqua 364-375 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Lyons mint. Obv: DN VALENTI-NIANVS PA, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust right. Rev: VOTI V MVLT (sic) in four lines within wreath. Mintmark LVG. 1.47 grams, 16 mm.
Very fine. Rare.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Probably an ancient imitation or forgery, as neither Valentinian I nor Valentinian II struck votive siliquae in Lyons and the legends are incorrect. The obverse legend ending with PA is known from an imitation votive siliqua from the Trier mint, found in the Hermitage hoard. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Aureolus - Concordia AE Antoninianus 268 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Struck by Aureolus in the name of Postumus at Mediolanum mint. Obv: IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus right. Rev: CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing left, holding patera and rudder; prow of galley to left; S in exergue. 2.85 grams, 19 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Struck by Aureolus, a general of cavalry revolted against Gallienus, who sieged him in the city of Mediolanum (Milan) where these coins were struck.
