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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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 246. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P III COS P P, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 3; RSC 124. 4.27gr, 25mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Nerva AR Denarius. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head to right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus in right hand and transverse sceptre in left. RIC II 7; BMCRE 17; RSC 106; BN 10. 3.04gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / SPES AVGG, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising robe. RIC V.2 270. 3.50gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
