LOT 3695
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275. Rome mint.
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; XXIϛ in exergue. RIC V.1 87; MER-RIC 3502 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(3.36gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Constantius II, as Caesar, AE 19mm. AD 324-325. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
4th officina. Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CONSTANTIVS CAESAR, legend in three lines; star above, SMANTΔ • below. RIC VII 60. 1.99gr, 19mm, 12h.
Vey Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Magnentius Æ Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £27
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, Chi-Rho, flanked by A and Ѡ, PPLG* in exergue. Cf. RIC 158. 4.51gr, 24mm, 6h.
Fine. Scarce.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Magnus Maximus AE Minimus AD 383- 388. Arelate mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
D N MAG MAXIMVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES ROMANORVM, camp gate with star between its two turrets; [PCON] in exergue. RIC IX 29a. 1.09gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 35, 3 May 2017, lot 1169. Property of a London antiquarian.
