LOT 3160
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVGG, Laetitia standing facing, head to left, holding wreath with her right hand and anchor with left. RIC V.2 88 (Colonia Agrippinensis). Very Fine.(2.23gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman (collector's ticket included).
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Rome mint; struck circa AD 126-127. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / COS III, Annona (or Abundantia) seated to left, holding reaping hook in right hand and cornucopia in left; at feet to left, modius with grain ears. RIC II.3 854; Cohen 379; BMCRE 385. 2.60gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 138-161.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Rome mint; struck AD 140-144. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / IMPERA-TOR II, Victory advancing to left, holding shield inscribed BRI-TAN; S C across lower fields. RIC III 732; Cohen 442. 11.49gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Beautiful dark cypress-green patina.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Antoninus Pius received his second imperial acclamation, as recorded in this coin's reverse legend (IMPERATOR II), for the victory by his governor in Britannia, Q. Lollius Urbicus, over the Brigantes. It was Urbicus who also constructed the Antonine Wall in Scotland between the Firth of Forth and the Firth of Clyde, which was to be the northernmost frontier barrier of the Roman Empire. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 263-265. 2nd officina. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FORTVNA REDVX, Fortuna seated to left, holding rudder with right hand and cornucopia with left, wheel beneath seat; S in exergue. RIC V.1 194a (sole reign); MIR 546g; RSC 279a. 3.31gr, 23mm, 11h.
Extremely Fine. Full silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
