LOT 2836
Augustus AE Quadrans. Circa 15 BC-AD 10.
Lugdunum(?) mint. IMP CAESAR, laureate head to right / [AVGVSTVS], eagle standing facing, head to left, with wings spread. RIC I 227; RPC I 508. Near Very Fine.(2.13gr, 18mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10
Local imitation. [I]MP TETRICV[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, female figure standing facing, head to left, holding palm branch with right and cornucopia with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 80 (Hilaritas). 2.47gr, 17mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 5th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / DIANAE CONS AVG, doe walking to left, head reverted: Є in exergue. RIC V.2, 177 (sole reign); MIR 727b; RSC 154. 4.47 gr, 22 mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Serdica mint; struck AD 274-275. 3rd officina. SEVERINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CONCORDIA AVGG, emperor and empress clasping hands; star between them, KA•Γ• in exergue. RIC V.1 16; MER-RIC 2823 (temporary). 4.21gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
