LOT 3726
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276. Lugdunum mint.
IMP C L TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MARS VICTOR, nude Mars walking to right, holding spear and trophy; B A across fields. RIC 30; MER-RIC 3309 (temporary). Good Very Fine.(3.23gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 263. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing to left, holding baton and cornucopia, globe at foot left. RIC V.1 159 (joint reign). 3.13gr, 22mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, A behind bust / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, holding shield on left arm, about to throw a spear at a bare-headed enemy in front of the horse, shield and broken spear beneath the horse; [T]RP(crescent) in exergue. RIC 271. 3.77gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 320. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to right on round shield, holding another round shield inscribed X-V in two lines; RЄѠCP (ЄѠ ligate) in exergue. RIC 194 corr. (Roma seated left). 4.24gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Double struck of reverse.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
