LOT 3188
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Rome mint; struck AD 238-239. IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 5; RSC 357. Extremely Fine.(3.88gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Arcadius AE Maiorina. AD 383-408.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Thessalonica mint; struck AD 383-395. 3rd officina. D N ARCAD-IVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield; hand of God holding wreath above / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing facing, head to left, holding standard and resting on shield; captive seated to left, head to right; TESΓ[•?] in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 45a. 4.36gr, 23mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint; struck January-August AD 282. 2nd officina. IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALV-S AVG, Salus standing to left, holding sceptre and feeding from patera snake coiled around and rising from altar to left; B to right. RIC V 124; Lyon 393. 3.67gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). 4.65gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
