LOT 3036
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia; Δ-A across fields. RIC V.1 65; MER-RIC 3314 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(4.82gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I or II BI Antoninianus. AD 272-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Uncertain mint. Incuse of reverse / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising hem of skirt with left. For reverse type cf. RIC V.1 135 (Tetricus I, Treveri); cf. RIC V.2 272 (Tetricus II, Treveri). 2.07gr, 20mm.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. Until the late 3rd century AD brockages showing the reverse are much less common since mint workers would be more likely to see the stuck coin in the anvil die. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 259. 2nd officina. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate bust to right / P M TR P VII COS, veiled emperor seated to left, holding globe with right hand and short sceptre with left; MS in exergue. RIC V.1 310; RSC 826. 4.67gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Near full silvering remaining. Very rare variant.
From a London collection, 1990s. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 258-259. GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder and shield decorated with gorgon / GERMANICVS MAX V, trophy, captive bound to left and right. RIC V.1 18 (Joint Reign); MIR 872m; RSC 310. 3.58gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
