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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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing facing, head to left, with hand raised and holding globe; XXIVI in exergue. RIC 671. 4.04gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 321. Aquileia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / DOMINI • N • LICINI AVG, VOT • XX in two lines within wreath; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 86. 2.46gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Roman Imperial, Constantine I Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Incuse of CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / Incuse of IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; palm in left field, Z in right, SMN in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC VII 101 (obverse of Nummus of Constantine I, Thessalonica); for reverse cf. (reverse of Nummus of Licinius I, Nicomedia). 4.63gr, 27mm, 3h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
