LOT 3330
Tetricus I or II BI Antoninianus. AD 272-274.
Uncertain mint. Incuse of reverse / [SPES P]VBLICA, 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). Good Very Fine.(1.79gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
FootnotesBrockage 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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Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 244-246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, prince standing to left, holding globe and inverted spear. RIC IV 218d; RSC 48. 3.29gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
London mint; struck AD 322-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRANQLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines, three stars above; F B across fields, PLON in exergue. RIC VII -; C&T 9.06.026; RML 1097. 3.23gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Rare with this bust type; unrecorded in RIC.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carthage mint; struck AD 297-298. 8th officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / FELIX A-D-VENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding signum and tusk; at feet to left, lion with captured bull; H in left field, PKS in exergue. RIC V 23b. 10.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
