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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Julia Mamaea, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 224. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / VENVS FELIX, Venus seated to left, holding statuette and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC IV 701 (S. Alexander); BMCRE 199 (S. Alexander). 19.29gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Local imitation. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. 2.91gr, 18mm, 10h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ambianum mint; struck AD 351-352. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTORIAE DD NN] AVG ET CAE, two Victories facing each other, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X written in four lines; AMB(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 23. 3.45gr, 22mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
