LOT 3616
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck January-June AD 276. Cyzicus mint. 4th officina.
IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Victory standing to right, holding palm frond over her left shoulder and presenting wreath to emperor standing to left, extending his right hand and holding long sceptre in his left. RIC V.1 208; MER-RIC V Online 4045 (temporary). Near Very Fine. Rare.(4.70gr, 24mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the European coin market.
Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 259-268. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MONITA(sic) AVG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. Cf. RIC V.2 75 (Lugdunum) and 315 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.88gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Group of Fifty (50) AE Roman Coins. Circa 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues, denominations and reverse types. 103gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Philip I AE 31mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 244/7.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
[ΑVΤΟΚ Κ ΜΑ ΙΟΥΛ ΦΙ]ΛΙΠΠ[ΟϹ ϹЄΒ], laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ΑΝΤΙΟΧЄΩΝ ΜΗΤΡΟ ΚΟΛΩ, veiled, turreted and draped bust of Tyche to right, Δ Є across upper fields, S C across lower fields. RPC VIII Online unassigned ID 7495; McAlee 967. 18.44gr, 31mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 775. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
