LOT 3234
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Colonia Agrippinensis or Treveri. [C PIV ESV] TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / COM[E]S AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.1 224. Near Extremely Fine.(2.40gr, 18mm, 3h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius AE Antoniniani Group. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
1) Uncertain mint. [VIRTVS CAR]AVSI, radiate, helmeted, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder and shield / [PA]X AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre. Cf. RIC V 891. Very rare type. 2) Uncertain mint. Illegible inscription, radiate and draped bust to right / PA[X AVG], Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre. Cf. RIC V 900. 3) Rotomagus(?) mint. [I]MP C[...]AVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed(?) bust to right / [FORTV]NA AVG, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopiae. Cf. RIC V-2, Rotomagus 639; cf. Webb 696. Scarce type. 7.23gr total, 19-21 mm.
Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 307-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Aquileia mint; struck AD 307-310. 3rd officina. IMP MAXENTIVS P F AVG CONS II, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe and sceptre, with shield by left side, in hexastyle temple; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 125; Cohen 32. 5.32gr, 24mm, 5h
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 89, 12 May 2024, lot 716 (since professionally cleaned); From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 266. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES AVG, Mercury standing to left, holding purse and caduceus; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 607 (Asia, sole reign); MIR 1667k; RSC 219. 4.03gr, 22mm, 11h
Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
