LOT 3031
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-310. Nicomedia mint.
1st officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI CMH (ligate), Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; SMNA in exergue. RIC VI 54a. Near Very Fine.(6.34gr, 26mm, 6h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenancePrivate collection, acquired 1980–1985.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving quadriga to left, holding whip and globe and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 203. 4.49gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol, head to left, raising hand and holding whip, in spread quadriga facing; CM XXIV in two lines below. RIC V 911; probuscoins.fr 2791. 4.20gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 286-293. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [PAX] AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; [B] E across fields; MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 121. 3.41gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
