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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Allectus, Romano-British Emperor, BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Londinium (London) mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with mast and cabin, five or four rowers, three single waves and QL below. RIC V 55; cf. Rogiet 1016; cf. Burnett, Coinage 113. 2.52gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Vitellius AE As. AD 69.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Spanish (Tarraco?) mint; struck circa January-June AD 69. A VITELLIVS IMP GERMAN, laureate head to left / VICTORIA [AVGVSTI], Victory advancing to left, holding shield inscribed S P Q R in two lines; S C across fields. RIC I 46; CSB 53. 9.31gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Scarce.
Ex UK private collection. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 258-259. GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding shield and spear / VICT GERMANICA, Victory standing to right on globe between two seated captives, holding wreath. RIC V.1 49 (Lugdunum, joint reign); MIR 874m; RSC 1065. 3.30gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
