LOT 3332
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 275. IMP C CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus standing to left, holding shield and spear. RIC V.1 69; MER-RIC 3267 (temporary). Mint State. Flan crack at 4h. Original silvering fully intact. Attractively toned, struck in high relief.(3.91gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired from Mike Vosper, 20 May 2015; collector's ticket included.
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Diva Matidia AR Denarius. Died AD 119.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,125
Rome mint; struck under Hadrian AD 119-120. Consecration issue. DIVA AVGVSTA MATIDIA, draped bust to right, wearing hair coiled and piled on top of head above triple stephane / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left on sceptre, with wings displayed. RIC II.3 2462; RSC 6. 3.55gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Old cabinet tone with traces of blue and gold iridescence around the devices.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005. Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Triton XVIII, 6 January 2015, lot 1079. Ex Chaponnière & Firmenich SA, Auction 15, 21 May 2022, lot 48 (dealer's ticket included). -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint(?). [...] VICTORINVS [...], radiate bust to right / VIR[...]VG, Virtus standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left. Cf. RIC V.2 78; cf. RIC V.4 562. 2.40gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Double struck.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 270-271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 75 (Southern Gallic Mint). 3.35gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
