LOT 3211
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Rome mint; struck AD 244-246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Prince standing to left, holding globe and spear, captive at foot. RIC IV 219; RSC 57. Near Extremely Fine.(4.17gr, 22mm, 6h.).
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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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 316. 1st officina. IMP CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol standing facing, head to left, raising one hand and holding globe; T F across fields, ATR in exergue. RIC VII 95. 2.65gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Valentitian II AE Maiorina. AD 375-392.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 378-383. 2nd officina. D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, helmeted, draped and cuirassed bust to right, holding spear and shield / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Emperor standing to left, head to right, on galley sailing to left, raising right arm; Victory at helm; wreath to left; SMKB in exergue. RIC IX 14b var. (officina). 5.33gr, 24mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, 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.
