LOT 3334
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.(4.65gr, 23mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Valerian AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Samosata mint; struck AD 255-256. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOTA ORBIS, two Victories affixing shield inscribed S C on palm tree. RIC V.1 294 (Antioch) var. (bust type); MIR 1682e; RSC 280 var. (bust type). 3.60gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Jovian BI Nummus. AD 363-364.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Heraclea mint. 2nd officina. D N IOVIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left / VOT V MVLT X in four lines within wreath; HERACB in exergue. RIC VIII 110. 3.37gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint; struck AD 268-269. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EXERCI, Fides standing to left, holding standard and transverse standard. RIC V.1 34 var. (Fides standing to right). 3.71gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
