LOT 3163
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.(1.91gr, 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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Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 293-311.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint; struck circa AD 309-310. 4th officina. GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing to left, holding apple and drapery; Δ and star across fields, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 58. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £22
Aquileia mint. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT X with captive seated on ground to either side; S F across fields, AQT in exergue. RIC VII 41. 3.43gr, 19mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Romano-British Imitation of Uncertain Ruler of Constantinian Dynasty BI Centenionalis. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Uncertain mint. [...]ONSN[...], diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [...]PEPHP[...], emperor standing to left on galley; in the stern sits Victory, steering the ship. Cf. SCBC 750. 2.31gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
