LOT 3311
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Local imitation. IMP C [...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PA[...], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. Good Very Fine.(1.62gr, 17mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • V in two lines; ЄSIS(star) below. RIC VII 163. 3.48gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). 4.44gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Plenty of silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AE As. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 231. IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG, laureate head to right, light drapery on far shoulder / PROFECTIO AVGVSTI, the Emperor on horseback to left, raising his right hand and holding spear with his left; S C in exergue. RIC IV 595b; Cohen 490 var.; BMCRE 751. 11.28gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
