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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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. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 190. M COMM ANT P F-EL AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI, Commodus seated to left on curule chair, holding branch with right hand and sceptre with left. RIC III 212; RSC 555 bis; BMCRE 281. 3.19gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned with gold iridescence around devices.
Ex West Country, UK, collection. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 8th officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / APOLLINI CONS AVG, centaur walking to left, holding globe with right hand and rudder with left; H in exergue. RIC V.1 164 (sole reign); MIR 738b; RSC 73. 3.42gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
