LOT 3023
Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Local imitation. IMP C [...]ETTRICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / VICTO[...] AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 141. Near Very Fine. An imitating issue of a very rare variant.(1.86gr, 18mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Treveri mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. FL IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, STR(pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 477. 3.20gr, 18mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Dark glossy patina.
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993; Ex Spink & Son, 26 February 2004; Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £10
Rome mint; struck AD 263-265. 2nd officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left, wheel beneath seat; S in exergue. RIC V.1 194a (sole reign); MIR 546g; RSC 279a. 3.31gr, 23mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Full silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Arcadius AE 12mm. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. D N ARCADIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, head to right, carrying trophy over right shoulder and dragging captive behind her; staurogram in left field, uncertain mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 65c (Thessalonica). 1.27gr, 12mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
