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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Philip I AE 26mm of Iuliopolis, Bithynia. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Μ ΙΟΥΛΙΟϹ ΦΙΛΙΠΠΟϹ ΑΥΓ, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / ΙΟΥΛΙΟΠΟΛΕΙΤΩΝ, Hygieia standing to right, feeding serpent from patera, facing Asclepius standing to left, holding serpent staff; between them, Telesphorus. RPC VIII Unassigned ID 71078; RG -. 9.32gr, 26mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine. This coin published at Roman Provincial Coinage Online (rpc.ashmus.ox.ac.uk). Extremely rare; only one other example cited by RPC Online.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 318. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 47. 3.12gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Antoninus Pius AE Dupondius. Circa AD 156-157. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P IMP [II?], radiate head to right / TR POT X-X C-OS II[II?], Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt with right hand and sceptre with left; S C across fields.Cf. RIC 970; cf. Cohen 1012. 9.52gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
