LOT 3314
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Local imitation. IMP TETRICVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, female figure standing facing, head to left, holding palm branch with right and cornucopia with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 80 (Hilaritas). Extremely Fine.(2.14gr, 16mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
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Constantius II AR Reduced Siliqua. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 360-361. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA DD NN AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; LVG in exergue. RIC VIII 210; RSC 259c var. (bust type). 1.71gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Edge chipped; flan crack at 10h.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. 3.86gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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 right, holding globe and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 216c; RSC 54. 3.58gr, 23mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
