LOT 3037
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck May-June AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent in arms. C-star across fields. RIC V.1 58; MER-RIC 3338. Extremely Fine.(3.52gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Ten [10] BI Roman Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Various emperors. 23.79gr total.
Very Fine to Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Diadumenian, as Caesar AE Sestertius. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
Rome mint. 2nd emission of Macrinus, AD 217-218. M OPEL ANTONINVS DIADVMENIANVS CAES, bareheaded, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PRINC IVVENTVTIS, Diadumenian, bareheaded and wearing military attire, standing to left, holding signa in right hand and cradling sceptre in left arm; two signa to right; S C in exergue. RIC IV 211 (Macrinus); Clay Issue 2; Banti 3; BMCRE 151. 20.22gr, 32mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman (collector's ticket included). -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319. 3rd officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar inscribed C; T T in exergue. RIC VII 94. 3.46gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private collection, UK.
