LOT 3487
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding anchor. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 126. Good Very Fine.(2.76gr, 19mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and transverse sceptre; S in right field, XXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 720. 3.98gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 272-337. Following Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
[...]-TiNVS AVG, laureate head to right / BEATA TRIIИOVILLITIS, altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines and surmounted by globe, three stars above; C R across fields, P⊥CI below. For prototype cf. RIC VII 131. 1.89gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Very interesting and rare imitative issue.
Found Essex. From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Julia Soaemias AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IVLIA SOAEMIAS AVG, draped bust to right / VENVS CAELESTIS, Venus seated to left, holding apple and sceptre; child at feet. RIC IV 243 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 56 (Elagabalus); RSC 14. 2.63gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
