LOT 3228
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Colonia Agrippinensis; struck AD 271-272. IMP TETRICVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. RIC V.1 71; RIC V.4 708; Elmer 783; AGK 3g. Extremely Fine.(1.71gr, 19mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Volusian AE Mule As. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. IMP CAE C VIB VOLV[SIANO AVG], laureate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right, seen from rear / IVN[ONI MART]IALI, Juno, veiled, seated to left on throne, holding two corn ears in her right hand and globe in her left; S C below. RIC IV.3 - (for reverse cf.109 for Sestertius of Trebonianus Gallus); Cohen -. 12.49gr, 27mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Green patina. Not in the standard references and apparently unique.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £62
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and mantled bust to left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and mappa in left / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, altar inscribed VO-TIS XX, surmounted by globe, three stars above; STR• in exergue. RIC VII 353. 2.88gr, 18mm, 6h
Near Mint State.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Macrinus AE As. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; seen from rear / VOTA PVBL P M TR P, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand and flanked by two more standards; S C across lower fields. RIC IV.2 129; BMCRE 98. 9.99gr, 27mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Dark green patina. Very Rare.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; Acquired from David Miller, January 2016.
