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LOT 3305
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Local imitation. [...]ICVS AVG, radiate bust to right / ΛVI-I-[...]G, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 71 (FIDES MILITVM). Good Very Fine.(2.43gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Rome mint; struck AD 246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Siscia mint; struck AD 315-316. 2nd officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, B in right field, •SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 15. 3.85gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint; struck AD 310. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, radiate Sol standing facing, head to left with chlamys around shoulders, with right hand raised and holding globe in left; T F across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 121a; C&T 6.02.010; RML 249. 3.70gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
