LOT 3149
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Rome mint; struck AD 263-265. 2nd officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left, wheel beneath seat; S in exergue. RIC V.1 194a (sole reign); MIR 546g; RSC 279a. Extremely Fine. Full silvering.(3.31gr, 23mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Trajan AE Dupondius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Rome mint; struck AD 116-117. IMP CAES NER TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M THICO P M TR P COS VI P P (sic), radiate and draped bust to right / SENATVS POPVLVSQVE [ROMANVS], emperor standing facing, head to left, between two trophies; S C in exergue. RIC II 676 var. (obverse legend); BMCRE 1052-4 var. (same); Woytek 586v var. (same). 14.12gr, 26mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Lightly smoothed and tooled, possibly resulting in variant in obverse legend.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 111, 24 August 2023, lot 821 (company's ticket included). Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £8
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS [...]VG, radiate, draped (?) and cuirassed bust to right / [FIDE]S MIL[ITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. Cf. RIC V.1 71. 2.81gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Mint error.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
