LOT 3006
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES M[ILITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding vexillum with right hand sceptre with left; Є in right field. RIC V.1 18; MER-RIC 1152 (temporary). Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.(3.16gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain British(?) mint. Contemporary local imitation. [...] PIVS [...], radiate and draped bust to right / Stylised figure standing facing, holding spear with right hand and branch with left. 1.77gr, 17mm, 3h.
Very Fine. Light green patina; edge chipped. Very interesting reverse type.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 306-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 308-310. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe, in hexastyle temple with peaked roof, wreath in pediment; RBT in exergue. RIC VI 210. 6.18gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Tetricus II, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Uncertain mint. C PIV [...]VS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.42gr, 18mm.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
