LOT 3323
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C [PIV ESV TETRICVS CAE]S, radiate and draped bust to right / [PIETAS AVGVSTOR], pontifical implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, knife, lituus. RIC V.2 258; RIC V.4 772-3 (knife not mentioned). Good Very Fine.(1.96gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Treveri mint. IMP TETRI[...], radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [LA]ETITIA AVGG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. Cf. RIC V.2 88 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.46gr, 22mm.
Mint State. Double struck.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C [PIV ESV TETRICVS CAE]S, radiate and draped bust to right / [PIETAS AVGVSTOR], pontifical implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, knife, lituus. RIC V.2 258; RIC V.4 772-3 (knife not mentioned). 1.96gr, 17mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,080
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed and draped(?) bust to left / IVSTITIA AVG COS III P P, Justitia seated to left on throne, holding patera in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II, part 3 1228. 23.94gr, 35mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Charming brown patina with green highlights. Very Rare.
Ex Arts Classica, Auction XV, 1930, lot 1552. Ex Stack's Bowers Galleries (& Ponterio), Sale 174 - N.Y.I.N.C. Auction Ebert I & Sess. B, 11 January 2013, lot 5213.
