LOT 3164
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.(2.26gr, 17mm.).
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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LOT 3164
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 321-324. 3rd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • X in two lines; ΓS[IS](sunburst) below. RIC VII 181. 3.54gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
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. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 262-263. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 2.85gr, 21mm, 2h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
