LOT 3029
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273.
Local imitation. [...]SV TETRICVS CAE[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 272. Good Very Fine.(3.29gr, 19mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 184-185.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Rome mint. M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, Victory seated to right on shields, inscribing shield set on lap; S C across lower fields, VICT BRIT in exergue. RIC III 452; C. 946; BMCRE 560. 16.11gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 268. In the name of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EQVIT, Mars walking to right, holding spear and shield; [T?] in exergue. RIC V.2 388; Cohen 441. 2.45gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maxentius BI Nummus. AD 306-312.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 308-310. IMP C MAXENTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / CONSERV VRB SVAE, Roma seated facing, head to left, holding globe, in hexastyle temple with peaked roof, wreath in pediment; RBT in exergue. RIC VI 210. 6.18gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
