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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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / VICTORIA AET, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm frond; Z (or B?) to left. Cf. RIC V.1 297. 2.61gr, 22mm,1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 325-326. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, MNЄ in exergue. RIC VII 121. 3.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ticinum mint; struck AD 290. IMP C M A VAL MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERCVLI CONSERVAT, Hercules standing to left, nude, right hand on club, left holding lion skin and bow; TXXIT in exergue. RIC V 548. 3.65gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
