Rare Bust Type
340, Lot: 401. Estimate $100. Sold for $380. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Tacitus. AD 275-276. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.25 g, 5h). Serdica mint, 4th officina. 3rd emission, AD 276. Radiate and cuirassed bust right, spear over left shoulder / Providentia standing right, holding two signa, facing Sol standing left, extending arm and holding globe; KA∆. RIC V 195 var. (bust type); BN 1793-94. VF, dark green patina with patches of red on the reverse, cleaning and smoothing marks in the fields. Rare bust type.