LOT 3722
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
C [...]VS AV, radiate and draped bust to right / T[...] AVG, Victory(?) standing to left, holding wreath and palm. Cf. RIC V.2 224. Near Very Fine.(4.33gr, 25mm, 2h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nero AE As. AD 54-68. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P, bare head to right, with globe at point of bust / Victory flying to left, holding shield inscribed [S P Q R] with both hands; S C across fields. RIC 477; Cohen 292; BMC 378. 10.78gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 320. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / VIRTVS EXERCIT, two bound captives seated back-to-back at foot of vexillum with banner inscribed VOT XX in two lines; S F across fields; AQS in exergue. RIC VII 50. 3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 2.64gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
