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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Romano-British Imitation of Constans AE Nummus. AD 337-361. Following Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD AVGGQ NN, two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath; palm in centre field; TRP in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 206. 2.09gr, 15mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 269-270. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C VICTORINVS • P • F • AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; V in left field, star in right field. RIC V.2 118 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.53gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. Struck AD 70. Ephesus mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP CAESAR VESPA[S AVG COS II] TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG within wreath. RIC II.1 1414; RPC II 822; BMC 439. 3.49gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
