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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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 269. IMP C PI VICTORINVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, with the features of Marius / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC V.2 41 (Southern mint) & 126 (Uncertain mint). 4.11gr, 20mm, 8h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 3rd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; ΓSIS(star) below. RIC VII 163. 3.58gr, 20mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private collection, UK. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT • V in three lines; ASIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 163. 2.75gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a private, UK, collection.
