LOT 3244
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 281. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Q in left field, SXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 490; probuscoins.fr 303. Near Extremely Fine.(4.19gr, 25mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory, holding trophy with right hand and palm with left, advancing to right towards captive seated on ground to right, looking to left; STR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 435 corr. (palm). 3.37gr, 19mm, 5h
Extremely Fine. Glossy dark green patina.
From the Killingholme Hoard, North Lincolnshire, found in 1993; Ex Spink & Son, 21 June 2004; Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman, collector's ticket included. -
Valens AR Siliqua. AD 364-378.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri(?) mint. D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [VRBS] ROMA, Roma enthroned to left, holding Victory on globe in her right hand and inverted spear in her left; uncertain mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC 27e. 1.20gr, 13mm, 12h
Good Very Fine. Clipped.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Treveri (?) mint; struck mid AD 269. IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, with right hand raised and holding whip in left; star to left. Cf. RIC V.2 113; cf. RIC V.4 507. 2.21gr, 20mm, 2h
Extremely Fine. Unsual issue of Victorinus with the portrait of Postumus, which seems to have been struck at the beginning of his reign.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
