LOT 2987
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 7th officina. IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate head to right / FORTVNA REDV[X], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder with right and cornucopia with left hand; Z in right field. RIC V.1, 41; MER-RIC 496 (temporary). Near Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 8h; double struck.(3.65gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
LiteratureRIC V.1, 41; MER-RIC 496 (temporary).
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 2nd officina. IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate head to right / DOMINI • N • LICINI AVG, VOT • XX in two lines within wreath; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 86. 2.90gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a private collection, UK. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck AD 276. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS 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.2 921; probuscoins.fr 734. 3.61gr, 23mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian, as Caesar AR Denarius. AD 69-81.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. DOMITIANVS CAESAR AVG [F], bare-headed and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis on chest / [C]ONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left, on ornate high-backed chair, holding corn ears, poppy and cornucopiae; EPHE (partially ligate) in exergue. RIC II.1 1446 (Vespasian); RPC II 847 corr. (bust type); BMCRE 471 corr. (bust type) (Vespasian); RSC 38 var. (bust type). 3.47gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
