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LOT 3306
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor 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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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint; struck AD 118. IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, with slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS II, Justitia seated to left, holding patera and sceptre; IVSTITIA in exergue. RIC II.3 117; BMCRE 74; RSC 877. 3.02gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES PVBLICA, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 272. 2.45gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint. 12th officina. [IMP C M AVR CL QVI]NTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / LAETIT[IA AVG], Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor set on globe; XII in right field. Cf. RIC V.1 22; cf. MER-RIC 1202 (temporary). 2.64gr, 21mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
