LOT 3328
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-273.
Local imitation. [...]RICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / [...]TAS AVG[...], pontifical implements. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 255 & 258. Good Very Fine.(2.06gr, 15mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
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Severus Alexander AE As. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 231. IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG, laureate head to right, light drapery on far shoulder / PROFECTIO AVGVSTI, the Emperor on horseback to left, raising his right hand and holding spear with his left; S C in exergue. RIC IV 595b; Cohen 490 var.; BMCRE 751. 11.28gr, 26mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Antioch, mint; struck AD 244-246. IMP C M IVL PHILIPPVS P F AVG P M, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS EXERCITVS, Virtus standing to right, holding spear and shield. RIC IV 71; RSC 243. 3.51g, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Flan crack at 6h.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman. -
Decentius, as Caesar AE Centenionalis AD 350/1-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
Contemporary imitation of Lugdunum/Ambianum mint. D N DECENTIVS NOB CIIES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIIIE DD NN HVG E CIIE, two Victories standing facing each other, between them holding a shield resting on a short column, inscribed VOT V MVLT + in four lines; S V across lower central field, (palm)HMB(palm) in exergue. Bastien pl. 17, 32/3; Cohen-; RIC -; LRBC -. 2.80gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This interesting ancient imitative piece combines both the mintmark of the mint at Ambianum, and the reverse field letters S-V which are only found on issues of Lugdunum.
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