LOT 3035
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Serdica mint; struck AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDEN D-EOR, Fides standing to right, with two standards, facing Sol standing to left, with globe and hand raised; KA•Γ• in exergue. RIC V online 3941. Very Fine.(3.94gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Twenty-Nine [29] Roman Imperial AE Coins. Circa 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Various emperors. 142gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Hadrian AE Dupondius. AD 117-138.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Rome mint; struck AD 119-circa mid 120. IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG P M TR P COS III, radiate bust to right, slight drapery over far shoulder / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus standing to left, her right foot on globe, holding patera and rudder; S C across fields. RIC II.3 276; RIC II 604a. 13.38gr, 26mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From UK private 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, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; BSIS(star) below. RIC VII 163. 3.53gr, 19mm, 8h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
From a private, UK, collection.
