LOT 3162
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. Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.(2.79gr, 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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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. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £80
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint; struck AD 295-296. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with four rowers, mast and cabin; Q C below. RIC V 128; Rogiet 1041; Burnett, Coinage 215. 3.03gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Some traces of original silvering remaining.
Ex David Miller, Hemel Hempstead, London, UK, 1990. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 310-313. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI CON-SERVATORI, Mars standing to right, holding spear and resting hand on shield; T F across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 862. 4.49gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
