LOT 3028
Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Uncertain British(?) mint. Contemporary local imitation. [...] PIVS [...], radiate and draped bust to right / Stylised figure standing facing, holding spear with right hand and branch with left. Very Fine. Light green patina; edge chipped. Very interesting reverse type.(1.77gr, 17mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFound in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Eugenius(?) AE 12mm. AD 392-394.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Lugdunum mint. Pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTORIA AV]GGG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath in right and palm branch in left hand, LVGP below. Cf. RIC 47a. 0.59gr, 12mm, 7h.
Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 260-261. 4th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust right set on crescent / VESTA, Vesta seated to left, holding sceptre and patera; Q in exergue. RIC V 32-3; MIR 418. 2.23gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Caligula AE As. AD 37-41.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 37-38. C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / Vesta seated to left on ornamented throne, holding patera with her right hand and sceptre with her left; VESTA above, S C across fields. RIC I 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 45-8. 9.12gr, 29mm, 7h.
Good Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
