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LOT 3017

Tetricus I or II BI Antoninianus. AD 272-274.

Uncertain mint. Incuse of reverse / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising hem of skirt with left. For reverse type cf. RIC V.1 135 (Tetricus I, Treveri); cf. RIC V.2 272 (Tetricus II, Treveri). Very Fine.(2.07gr, 20mm.).

Provenance

From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.

Footnotes

Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. Until the late 3rd century AD brockages showing the reverse are much less common since mint workers would be more likely to see the stuck coin in the anvil die.

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Very Rare Brockage of Reverse

LOT 3017

Tetricus I or II BI Antoninianus.

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65

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