LOT 3336
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD March-April 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia; Δ A across fields. RIC V.1 65; MER-RIC 3314 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(3.84gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Contemporary imitation. IMP C VICTORINVS [...], radiate bust to right / [...] AVG, Pax(?) standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 118. 2.74gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Antioch mint; struck AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 29c; RSC 113a. 3.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Treveri mint; struck AD 317-318. 1st officina. FL CL CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLARITAS REIPVBLICAE, Sol standing to left, holding globe and raising hand; F T across fields, •ATR in exergue. RIC VII 147. 3.51gr, 20mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
