LOT 3008
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Rome mint. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / SECVRIT AVG, Securitas standing facing, head left, legs crossed, leaning with left arm on column, sceptre in right hand; XI in right field. RIC V.I 31. Near Very Fine.(2.20gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 265-268. 1st officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / MART-I PACIFERO, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding olive-branch with right hand, spear and shield with left; A in left field. RIC V.1 236 (sole reign); MIR 570a; RSC 617a. 3.28gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Antioch mint; struck AD 281. 7th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT ORBIS, female figure standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Z between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 925; Cohen 509; probuscoins.fr 738. 2.69gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Local imitation. IMP C [...]ETTRICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / VICTO[...] AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 141. 1.86gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. An imitating issue of a very rare variant.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
