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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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right / P M TR P VIIII COS III P P, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding whip with left. RIC IV 101; BMCRE 623; RSC 388. 2.34gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Claudius AE Quadrans. AD 42. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
PON M TR P IMP P P COS II around large S C / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG around three-legged modius. RIC 90; BMCRE 182. 3.28gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Constantius Gallus, as Caesar, BI Centenionalis. AD 351-355. Constantinople mint. 10th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N FL CL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier to left, holding shield and spearing fallen horseman to lower left, Γ • to left, CONSI in exergue. RIC VIII 107. 5.00gr, 24mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
