LOT 3136
Macrinus AD Denarius. AD 217-218.
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to right, right foot on helmet, holding signum in each hand. RIC IV.2 67; Cohen 23; BMC 65. Near Extremely Fine. Toned.(3.47gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 1.91gr, 16mm.
Good 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. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors, two towers, star above; R(wreath)S in exergue. RIC VII 287. 2.98gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Agrippina Senior AE Sestertius. Died AD 33.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. AGRIPPINA • M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust to right / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large S C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219-23 (Claudius). 26.34gr, 36mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Lightly smoothed and tooled(?)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
