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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Pupienus AE Sestertius. April-July AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,300
Rome mint. IMP CAES M CLOD PVPIENVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGG, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and double cornucopiae; S C in exergue. RIC IV 20; Cohen 7; BMCRE 43. 21.65gr, 32mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Lovely brown patina with light green highlights.
Ex London, Mayfair, UK, collection. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 1.91gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From 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. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Treveri mint; struck AD 320. 2nd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two captives seated at base of trophy; star in left field, STR in exergue. RIC VII 251; Cohen 172. 3.19gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
