LOT 3268
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Rome mint; struck AD 268-269. IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera and holding sceptre. RIC V.1 98; MER-RIC 184 (temporary). Good Very Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.(2.92gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFrom a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint. 1st officina. IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / CONCORDIA MILIT, emperor standing right, clasping hand of Concordia; XXIP in exergue. RIC V 657 var. (legends). 2.99gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint. [...]RICVS P F AVG, radiate, cuirassed and draped bust to right / VICTO[RIA] AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. Cf. RIC V.2 141. 2.47gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine. Rare reverse legend.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 280. 3rd officina. IMP PROBV[S] P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving galloping quadriga to left, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(wreath)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 200; probuscoins.fr 2399. 3.38gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
