| Roma Numismatics Ltd > Auction XXX | Auction date: 21 March 2024 |
| Lot number: 482 Price realized: 1,800 GBP (Approx. 2,280 USD / 2,099 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Pacatian AR Antoninianus. Viminacium, AD 248-249. IMP TI CL MAR PACATIANVS P F IN(?), radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AETERNA, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre. Cf. RIC IV 5 (R4). 4.28g, 20mm, 8h. Good Very Fine. Very Rare. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Live Auction 3, 25 October 2018, lot 823 (hammer: GBP 1,800). Tiberius Claudius Marinus Pacatianus was raised to the purple by his troops, and then killed by them within a matter of months and before Trajan Decius, sent by the Emperor Philip I, was able to tackle him himself. Usurping power in the region of the Danube, later writers such as Zosimus relate that he was an officer of the army and perhaps of senatorial rank. Though no specific reasons for the rebellion are clear from the sources, the Danube frontier is known to have been threatened repeatedly by the Goths, and the sheer number of uprisings in this area led by the army is suggestive of serious and continuing unrest. Though at least seven reverse types are known for Pacatian, the remaining coinage is extremely rare and in the main of poor quality. One reverse type, featuring Roma seated, securely dates Pacatian's revolt to AD 248 as it commemorates the 1000th anniversary of the founding of Rome, an event that Philip I also marked on his coinage. Viminacium is taken to be the mint for Pacatian's coinage due to similarities in style to other issues from this mint, and also because for the period of the rebellion no coins of Philip I were produced there. Estimate: 1200 GBP |  |
Match 1:
| Leu Numismatik AG > Auction 15 | Auction date: 1 June 2024 |
| Lot number: 296 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Pacatian, usurper, circa 248-249. Antoninianus (Silver, 21 mm, 4.05 g, 7 h), Viminacium. IMP TI CL MAR PACATIANVS P F AV Radiate, draped and cuirassed bust of Pacatian to right, seen from behind. Rev. PAX AETERNA Pax standing front, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and transverse scepter in her left. Cohen 6. Pegan pl. IV, IV A 12 (same obverse die). RIC 5. Very rare. Somewhat rough, otherwise, very fine. Ex Solidus 4, 16 November 2014, 247. Coin finds and stylistic comparison to the local Aes coinage indicate that the main base of Pacatian, a general who revolted against Philip I in 248-249, was the important legionary fortress of Viminacium in Moesia Superior. Pacatian's coinage is notable not just for its rarity but also for including one of just two known Roman coin types to be dated after the legendary foundation of the city of Rome in 753 BC (RIC 6: ROMAE AETER AN MIL ET PRIMO = 'year 1001' = 248/9). However, the usurper was killed by his own troops before Philip's general Decius appeared on the scene, who then stirred up his own rebellion and eventually succeeded to the throne after defeating Philip I in battle in 249. Estimate: 2500 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1784 Price realized: 10 GBP (Approx. 12 USD / 12 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Probus BI Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 276-282. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and holding sceptre; B between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. 3.71g, 20mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 1171; Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Estimate: 5 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 1042 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Probus BI Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 276-282. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and holding sceptre; B between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. 3.71g, 20mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 1171; Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1785 Price realized: 5 GBP (Approx. 6 USD / 6 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Probus BI Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 276-282. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and holding sceptre; A• between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. 4.09g, 22mm, 6h. Good Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 105, 19 January 2023, lot 1091; Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, October 2008. Estimate: 5 GBP |  |
Match 5:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 114 | Auction date: 23 November 2023 |
| Lot number: 1164 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Probus BI Antoninianus. Antioch, AD 276-282. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; Є between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. 4.54g, 21mm, 5h. Good Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 81, 25 February 2021, lot 1459. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
