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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Theodosius I AE 13mm. AD 379-395. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[D N] THEODOSIVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI [...], Victory advancing to left, head to right, holding trophy and dragging captive behind; in field to left Christogram; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC 65b (Thessalonica). 1.74gr, 13mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 172-173. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVII, laureate head to right / IMP VI COS III, emperor standing to left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC III 282. 3.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 272. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES M[...], Fides standing to left, holding two ensigns. Cf. AGK 3f; cf. Elmer 784 (Treveri); cf. Cunetio 2638. 2.34gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
