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LOT 3250
Salonina, Augusta BI Antonianus. AD 254-268.
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 266. 2nd officina. SALON[INA AVG], diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / AVG [IN] PACE, Salonina seated to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre in left; MS in exergue. RIC V 58; MIR 36, 1374e; RSC 17. Good Very Fine. Silvering almost fully intact. Flan crack at 6h.(2.69gr, 21mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). 4.44gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Plenty of silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
London mint; struck AD 322-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; F B across fields, PLON in exergue. RIC VII -; C&T 9.06.026; RML 1097. 3.23gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Rare with this bust type; unrecorded in RIC.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maxentius AE Quarter Nummus. AD 307-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 310-312. MAXENTI-VS P F AVG, laureate head to right / VOT • Q • Q MVL X, legend in four lines within wreath. RIC VI 281a. 2.10gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, E-Auction 304, 20 June 2024, lot 757 (company's ticket included).
