LOT 3249
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 280. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear on right shoulder and shield decorated with horseman motif / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, emperor riding to left, raising hand and holding sceptre, captive seated to left before; CXXIM in exergue. RIC V.2 913 var. (mintmark); probuscoins.fr 269. Very Fine.(3.46gr, 23mm, 11h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired at an UK art market, 28 April 2008.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector;
Collector's tickets included.
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Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck circa AD 322-323. 1st officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right / BEATA TRAN-QVILLITAS, globe on altar inscribed VO-TIS XX; three stars above, •PTR• in exergue. RIC VII 368. 2.77gr, 20mm, 6h
Good Very Fine - Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired at a UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector; Collector's ticket included. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Ephesus mint; struck AD 69-70. IMP CAES VESPAS AVG, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA AVG, Ceres seated to left on throne, holding grain ears and poppy with right hand and cornucopia with left; sideways Φ under throne. RIC II.2 1400 var. (Φ in exergue); BMCRE -, cf. 434; RPC II 809 var. (same); RSC 65c var. (same). 3.19gr, 18mm, 6h
Good Very Fine. Unpublished variant of this very rare type.
Ex German art market, 2000s; Acquired from an EU collector living in London; From the collection of Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
Mediolanum mint; struck circa AD 269-270. 2nd officina. IMP CLAVDIVS P F [AVG], radiate, draped, [and cuirassed?] bust to right, seen from behind / FIDES [MIL]IT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand; S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 149; cf. Cohen 89; cf. MER-RIC 57. 2.92gr, 20mm, 5h
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
