LOT 3357
Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Contemporary imitation of an issue from Lugdunum mint. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho banner; RPLO in exergue. For prototype: RIC VIII 112; Bastien 154; Lyon 139. Good Very Fine.(3.90gr, 23mm, 5h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Unofficial issue(?). Uncertain mint. [...]P C VICTORINVS O F(sic) AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PA[...], Mars, helmeted, walking to left, holding olive-branch, spear and shield. For reverse cf. Göbl 1033r (Rome for Gallienus). 2.07gr, 19mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Hybrid combining an obverse of Victorinus with a reverse of Gallienus.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. [...] TETRICVS AV[G], bust to right / [P]AX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. For reverse cf. RIC V.2 118 (Treveri for Victorinus). 3.05gr, 19mm, 11h
Extremely Fine. Hybrid with reverse of Victorinus.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / [VI]RTVS AVGG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding spear with left hand and leaning his right on shield set on ground. RIC V.2 148. 4.58gr, 21mm, 12h
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
