LOT 3031
Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 272-273. C P E TETRICVS C[AES], radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / PIETAS AVGG, emblems of the pontificate: aspergillum, simpulum, capis, secespita, and lituus. RIC V.2 255; RIC V.4 - (secespita not mentioned). Good Very Fine.(2.42gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFound Cambridgeshire, UK.
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Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 88-89.
Estimate: £60 - 80 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £30
Rome. IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC II.1 633; C. 313; BN 436; BMCRE 406. 28.76gr, 34mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 300. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; B in right field, (star)SIS in exergue. RIC VI 131b. 10.59gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing to right in military attire, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left. Cf. RIC V.2 848 (Unattributed). 3.10gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known after RIC example and no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
