LOT 3161
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS [...]VG, radiate, draped (?) and cuirassed bust to right / [FIDE]S MIL[ITVM], Fides standing facing, head to left, holding two ensigns. Cf. RIC V.1 71. Very Fine. Mint error.(2.81gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Agrippina Senior AE Sestertius. Died AD 33.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
Rome mint. Struck under Claudius, AD 42-43. AGRIPPINA • M F GERMANICI CAESARIS, draped bust to right / TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P IMP P P around large S C. RIC I 102 (Claudius); BMCRE 219-23 (Claudius). 26.34gr, 36mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Lightly smoothed and tooled(?)
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £124
Rome mint; struck AD 228-231. IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VIRTV-S AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear and shield with her left. RIC IV 220; BMCRE 709 var. (bust type); RSC 579a. 3.64gr, 18mm, 2h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 300-301.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Antioch mint. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; K in left field, Δ over H in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 9.67gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
