LOT 3246
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 280. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; C M below, XXIS in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 4198. Near Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.(4.68gr, 23mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 285-286. 3rd officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from behind / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding grain ears over modius with her right hand and cornucopia with her left; C in right field. RIC V.2 77; Cohen 410; Bastien 13. 4.13gr, 22mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Silvering almost fully intact.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Unofficial issue(?). Uncertain mint. [...]P C VICTORINVS O F(sic) AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI PA[...], Mars, helmeted, walking to left, holding olive-branch, spear and shield. For reverse cf. Göbl 1033r (Rome for Gallienus). 2.07gr, 19mm, 1h
Good Very Fine. Hybrid combining an obverse of Victorinus with a reverse of Gallienus.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius Gallus, as Caesar BI Brockage Centenionalis. AD 351-354.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Uncertain mint. D N CONSTAN[TIVS IVN NOB C], bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; Δ behind / Incuse of obverse. Cf. RIC VIII 39 (Sirmium). 5.56gr, 21mm, 12h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
