LOT 3718
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Local imitation.
IMP TETR[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, female figure standing facing, head to left, holding palm branch with right and cornucopia with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 80 (Hilaritas). Good Very Fine.(0.88gr, 13mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 170-171. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within oak wreath. RIC III 1006; BMCRE 1398; Banti 241. 27.15gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on uncertain type.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Acquired from David Miller, April 2014. -
Licinius BI Nummus. AD 321-324. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI / X/IIΓ, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with a wreath in its beak at foot left and captive to right, SMKΒ in exergue. RIC 15. 3.81gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine brown tone.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Valens BI Nummus. AD 364-378.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left, star to left; mintmark in exergue. 1.90gr, 17mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
