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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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. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Arelate mint; struck AD 320-321. 1st officina. IMP CONSTAN-TINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSTANTINI AVG around VOTIS XX; PA in exergue. RIC VII 216. 2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Ticinum mint; struck AD 281. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Q in left field, SXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 490; probuscoins.fr 303. 3.81gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
