LOT 3236
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Southern Gallic mint. [...]TRICVS [...], radiate bust to right / [SALV]S AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar and holding rudder. Cf. RIC V.1 267 (AVGG). Near Extremely Fine.(2.26gr, 16mm, 1h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Maximinus II AE Follis Group. 310-313 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Group comprising: mixed issues, types and reverses. 33.20gr total, 22-25mm
Fine - Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Ian Roper collection. Including five coin tickets. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. [IM]P C M [...]OSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing facing, head to right, holding globe with right hand and spear with left. RIC V.2 106 var. (Postumus' head to left on reverse); RIC V.4 97 var. (same); Bastien 67 var. (same). 12.49gr, 29mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Dark olive green patina. Apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Julia Maesa, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 218-224/5.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint; struck AD 218-222. IVLIA MAESA AVG, draped bust to right / PVDICITIA, Pudicitia seated to left, drawing veil over face with right and holding transverse sceptre with left hand. RIC IV 268 (Elagabalus); BMCRE 76 (Elagabalus); RSC 36. 2.84gr, 18mm, 2h
Extremely Fine. Toned; some red hard deposits on reverse.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
