LOT 3727
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck January AD 276. Lugdunum mint.
IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in her right hand and raising skirt with her left; C A below. RIC 61; Bastien 64; CBN 1449-53; RIC V online 3289. Very Fine.(3.69gr, 24mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 199a. 3.09gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Extremely Fine. Toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 328. Constantinople mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONSTANTINIANA DAFNE, Victory seated to left on cippus, holding palm branch and laurel branch, looking to right; trophy in front, at the foot of which captive kneeling to left, turning head back to right, spurned by Victory; Z in left field, CONS in exergue. RIC VII 35. 2.47gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Roman Imperial, Probus and Maximianus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre. Δ in lower centre field. In exergue XXI. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 925 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC V.2, 621 (reverse of Antoninianus of Maximianus Herculius, Antioch). 3.27gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
