LOT 3725
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck November-December AD 275. Lugdunum mint.
IMP C CL TACITVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 14; Bastien 26; CBN 1403-5. Near Extremely Fine.(4.23gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / P M TR P II COS P P, Maximinus standing facing, head to left, between two standards, raising right hand in salute and holding spear in left. RIC 3; BMC 77; Cohen 55. 3.33gr, 20mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 322-323. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX, three stars above, F B across fields; PLON below. RIC VII 258. 3.74gr, 18mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Valentinian III AE Nummus. AD 425-455. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
[D N P]LA VALEN[TINIANVS P F AVG], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REIPVBLICE, cross; in left field, T; in exergue, [R]M. RIC IX 2110; LRBC -. 0.96gr, 12mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
