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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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 307. 1st officina. D N DIOCLETIANO P F S AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch and mappa / QVIES AVGVSTORVM, Quies standing facing, head to left, holding branch and sceptre; N in right field; PLG in exergue. RIC VI 216; Cohen 430. 9.95gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mediolanum mint. Struck in the name of Postumus, mid AD 268. 3rd officina. IMP POSTV[MVS AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS • EQVIT •, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; T in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 388; RIC V.4 450; AGK (Postumus) 111b; RSC (Postumus) 441. 2.06gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Treveri mint. Struck during the city's counter-revolt against Magnentius and Decentius in favor of remaining loyal to Constantius. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Large Christogram; A ω across field. Cf. RIC VIII 332. 4.91gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
