LOT 3078
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.
Aquileia mint; struck AD 307-310. 2nd officina. IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, with shield by left side, in hexastyle temple with knobs as acroteria, crescent in pediment; AQS in exergue. RIC VI 125. Good Very Fine.(6.00gr, 25mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 275. 3rd officina. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; XXIΓ in exergue. RIC V.1 82c; MER-RIC 3489 (temporary). 4.17gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Antioch mint; struck November AD 270 - March AD 272. 8th officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; H below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (reverse bust type); BN 1258-61. 2.86gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-273.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Local imitation. [...]RICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / [...]TAS AVG[...], pontifical implements. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 255 & 258. 2.06gr, 15mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
