LOT 3685
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
[...]CVS P F AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. Very Fine.(1.60gr, 18mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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LOT 3685
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
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Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 246. Rome mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 188-189. Rome mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / MART PAC P M TR P XIIII COS V P P, Mars standing to left, holding branch and spear. RIC III 175; BMCRE 256; RSC 350. 3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361. Following Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [...] REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield below; [..?]PLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 186, 189 and 196. 2.16gr, 17mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
During the 4th century the urban life in Britain was in serious decline and the supplies of currency from the Empire temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit.
