Details
LOT 3692
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 272-273. Treveri mint.
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, 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). Very Fine.(2.17gr, 19mm, 6h.).
Provenance
London, UK, dealership, 1990s.
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