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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Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
Antioch mint. IMP C C VIB TREB GALLVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; pellet beneath bust / PAX AVGVS, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre; [pellet?] in exergue. Cf. RIC IV 86. 3.43gr, 21mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Ticinum mint; struck AD 322-325. 1st officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / DOMINOR • NOSTROR • CAESS around wreath containing VOT • X (crescent); P T below. RIC VII 168. 2.71gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £23
Rome mint; struck AD 267-268. 4th officina. COR SALONIN[A AV]G, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / IVNONI CONS AVG, antelope walking to left; Δ in exergue. RIC V.1, 16 (sole reign); MIR 725cc; RSC 70. 2.13gr, 23 mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Small die break on reverse. Some toned silvering remains.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
