LOT 3034
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding snake held in right hand from patera held in left hand; C and star across fields. RIC online 3338. Good Very Fine.(3.49gr, 24mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London mint; struck AD 307. FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, wearing modius on head, holding patera with right hand and cornucopiae with left; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 88b; C&T 5.01.008; RML 199. 7.55gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Dark brown patina.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • V in three lines within laurel wreath; BSIS(star) below. RIC VII 163. 3.20gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck AD 267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing, head to left, extending right arm and holding globe with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 611 (sole reign) var. (bust type); MIR 1663i; RSC 989. 3.91gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
