LOT 3364
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 286. IMP C VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Hercules standing to right, leaning on club placed on rock and holding lion skin; D to left. RIC V 437; Cohen 565; Bastien 67. Good Very Fine.(3.99gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising skirt; CA in exergue. RIC V.1 61 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3289 (temporary). 3.30gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238-244.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 239-240. IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 63; RSC 25. 4.19gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Serdica mint; struck AD 276. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle, and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding globe; KAB in exergue. RIC V.2 862; Pink VI/1 p. 45. 3.89gr, 23mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
