LOT 3693
Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274. Local imitation.
Radiate and draped bust to right / Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype cf. RIC V.2 272. Very Fine.(2.20gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceLondon, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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Decentius, as Caesar, BI Centenionalis. AD 351. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
2nd officina. D N DECENTIVS NOB CAES, bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in three lines above column; TRS in exergue. RIC VIII 308. 5.15gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 188-189. Rome mint.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £35
M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / MART PAC P M TR P XIIII COS V P P, Mars standing to left, holding branch and spear. RIC III 175; BMCRE 256; RSC 350. 3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Contemporary imitation of an uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Garbled legend around radiate and draped bust of Tetricus I to right. / Garbled legend imitating INVICTVS, Sol standing to left, holding whip and raising right hand. For prototype cf. RIC V.2, 82-84. 3.41gr, 19mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
