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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Magnentius BI Double Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Ambianum mint. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS DD NN AVG ET CAES, large Chi-Rho; A ω across fields, AMB in exergue. RIC VIII 34. 8.89gr, 25mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon hoard.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 271. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding serpent in her arms. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.28gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman (collector's ticket included). -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 12mm. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman(?). 1.56gr, 12mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
