LOT 3354
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 290-292. 3rd officina. IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, eagle to left, two standards to right; TXXIT in exergue. RIC V.2 228. Good Very Fine.(3.13gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Various emperors. 88gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
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. -
Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Various emperors. 123gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
