LOT 3331
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). Good Very Fine. Plenty of silvering remaining.(4.44gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; SV below, RPLG• in exergue. RIC VIII 128. 5.67gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Rome mint; struck AD 246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck circa AD 272-273. IMP C TETRICVS P F [AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINC IV[VENT], emperor standing facing, head to left, holding branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left hand. RIC V.2 115; RIC V.4 786; Cunetio 2620. 2.28gr, 18mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Rare.
Ex property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
