LOT 3326
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Uncertain mint. [C] PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / Incuse of obverse. Near Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.(2.50gr, 19mm.).
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
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Constantine I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 306-309.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Treveri mint; struck AD 307. 1st officina. FL VAL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, head towered, holding cornucopia and patera; S C across fields, PTR in exergue. RIC VI 703b. 6.34gr, 26mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 269-270. 3rd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax running to left, holding olive-branch and sceptre; T in exergue. Cf. RIC V.1 157; cf. MER-RIC 60 (temporary). 2.35gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
London mint; struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopia; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 209b; C&T 7.05.011; RML 413. 3.81gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
