LOT 3150
Vespasian AE As. AD 69-79.
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDENT in exergue. RIC II.1 316. Near Very Fine.(11.64gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Maximian, as Senior Augustus BI Nummus. First reign, AD 305-307.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Rome mint; struck circa 305. 3rd officina. D N MAXIMIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle and holding olive branch in right hand and mappa in left / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending her right hand to Quies, standing to left, holding branch in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; S F across field, RT in exergue. RIC VI 117b. 10.52gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
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. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 272-273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / COMES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 56; Cohen 17. 3.08gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
