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LOT 3449
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; SV below, RPLG• in exergue. RIC VIII 128. Near Extremely Fine.(5.67gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010;
From an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 272; RIC V.4 759. 1.96gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Vespasian AE As. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDENT in exergue. RIC II.1 316. 11.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Antioch mint; struck AD 238-239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and sceptre. RIC IV 193; RSC 302a. 3.59gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
