LOT 3247
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Serdica mint; struck AD 280-281. 3rd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, Probus on horseback to left, raising his right hand and holding sceptre with left, bound captive before to left; KA•Γ• in exergue. RIC V.2 888; probuscoins.fr 3295. Near Extremely Fine. Silvering nearly fully intact.(3.92gr, 23mm, 7h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman;
Acquired from Monk of Croydon, Holiday Inn Coin Fair, 7 November 2009, old collector's ticket included.
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Carausius, London AE Antoniniani Group. 286-293 AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Group comprising: two Carausius antoninianii of various issues and reverse types. 4.98gr total, 20mm
Good Fine - Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK. -
Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Contemporary imitation of an issue from Lugdunum mint. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe and standard with Chi-Rho banner; RPLO in exergue. For prototype: RIC VIII 112; Bastien 154; Lyon 139. 3.90gr, 23mm, 5h
Good Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 98-117.
Estimate: £1,500 - 2,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
Rome mint; struck AD 112-114. IMP CAES NERVAE TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head to right, aegis at point of bust / FELICITAS AVGVST, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus with right hand and cornucopiae with left; S C across fields. RIC II 624; Cohen 142. 24.44gr, 31mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine. Charming olive green patina.
From a Swiss private collection, before 2005.
