LOT 3333
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising skirt; CA in exergue. RIC V.1 61 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3289 (temporary). Very Fine.(3.30gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC V.2 100; Cohen 95; Elmer 775. 1.83gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £14
Local imitation. [...]ICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / ΛVI-I-[...]G, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 71 (FIDES MILITVM). 2.43gr, 18mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Commodus AE As. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 190. M COMM ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / VOT XX P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI S C in five lines within laurel wreath with jewel at apex. RIC III 576; Cohen 999; BMCRE 664. 10.14gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
