Unique Tetricus Aureus with Illustrious Pedigree

Triton XX, Lot: 835. Estimate $50000. Sold for $120000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Tetricus I. Romano-Gallic Emperor, AD 271-274. AV Aureus (19mm, 3.95 g, 12h). Treveri (Trier) mint. Struck circa Autumn AD 272. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust right, slight drapery / P M TR P II COS P P, Tetricus, holding spear in right hand and with shield over shoulder, on horseback right; officer behind, with standard over shoulder, on horseback right. RIC V –; Schulte Group 4, 32a (Av16/Rv20) = Elmer 808 = Perret 126 = Lafaurie pl. 5, 102 = Biaggi 1560 (this coin); Calicó 3886 (this coin illustrated). EF, toned, flan crack. Apparently unique, with a fantastic pedigree.

From the Continental Collection. Ex Leu 25 (23 April 1980), lot 409 (hammer of 65,000 CHF); Leo Biaggi de Blasys Collection, 1560; Robert Perret Collection, 126; Etienne Récamier Collection (Bourgey, 2 March 1925), lot 462; Monsieur le Vicomte Elzear de Quelen Collection (Rollin & Feuardent, 14 May, 1888), lot 1796.