| Hess-Divo AG > Auction 341 | Auction date: 13 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 111 Price realized: 60,000 CHF (Approx. 68,470 USD / 63,492 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | Show similar lots on CoinArchives Find similar lots in upcoming auctions on  |
| Lot description: COINS OF THE ROMAN EMPIRE. TETRICUS I, AD 271-274. Aureus, Cologne ("Mint II"), 271. AV 4.44 g. IMP C G P ESV TETRICVS AVG Laureate, cuirassed bust l. Rev. VICTORIA . GERM Tetricus, wearing military costume, standing l., holding globe on his outstretched r. hand, long sceptre with his l. hand; he is crowned by Victory standing behind him, holding palm-branch in her l. hand. To left of Tetricus, at his feet, captive seated l., hands bound in the back. Schulte 147, 2var. (different obv.bust; obv. die 3 / new die combination); Sondermann 167, 1.2 (this specimen). Very rare. Extremely fine Provenance: Auction Classical Numismatic Group. Inc., Lancaster 87 (2011), 1122. Auctions Numismatica Ars Classica NAC AG, Zurich 111 (2018), 204 and 117 (2019), 336. Auction TRITON, New York XXIV (2021), 1141. Note: Found in Afghanistan, see D. Hollard, Un auréus inédit de Tétricus Ier découvert en Afghanistan, Bulletin de la Société française de Numismatique 58/10 (2003), 225-229. A Coin Pass (Certificate of Authenticity) from the numisstaxx digitisation service exists for this lot. Estimate: 50000 CHF |  |
