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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Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Rome mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated to left, shield at side, holding globe and sceptre, in hexastyle temple; on each end of architrave, statues as acroteria; wreath in pediment; RES in exergue. RIC VI 258. 5.75gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
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. -
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 158-159. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XXII, laureate head to right / VOTA SVSCEP DECENN III, Pius standing to left, sacrificing with patera over altar to left; COS IIII below. RIC III 293a. 3.33gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVTI AVGVSTI, Hercules standing facing, head to right, leaning on club draped with lion skin set on rock. RIC IV 116; RSC 403. 2.89gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
