LOT 3294
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 270. 2nd officina. IMP QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing to left, holding two standards, S in exergue. RIC V.1 52 var. (bust type); MER-RIC 1116 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine.(1.96gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 325-326. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, MNЄ in exergue. RIC VII 121. 3.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantius II, as Caesar AE 18mm. AD 324-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Antioch mint, 6th officina. Struck AD 324-325. Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTAN-TIVS CAESAR in three lines; star above; SMANTS • below. RIC VII 60; LRBC 1327. 2.59gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Local imitation. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. 2.91gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
