LOT 3166
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint. [...] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.(2.22gr, 16mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
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Julian II BI Double Maiorina. AD 360-363.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Constantinople mint. Struck 3 November-26 June AD 363. 2nd officina. D N FL CL IVLI-ANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REI PVB •, bull standing to right; two stars above; • CONSPB(palm) in exergue. RIC VIII 162; LRBC 2058. 8.55gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Dark brown and earthen patina.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 317-320. 2nd officina. D N FL CL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and draped bust to left, globe and sceptre in left hand, mappa in right / [P]ROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys over left shoulder, holding Victory on globe with right hand and leaning on sceptre with left; palm branch in left field, pellet over B in right; SMN in exergue. RIC VII 35. 2.65gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 241. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus standing to right, feeding snake held in arms. RIC IV 129a; RSC 325. 3.40gr, 19mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
