LOT 3048
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 277. IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MARS VICTOR, Mars advancing to right, holding spear and trophy; III in exergue. RIC V.2 38; probuscoins.fr 159; Bastien 194. Good Very Fine. Rare.(4.12gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 272-273.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Local imitation. [...]SV TETRICVS CAE[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 272. 3.29gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Antioch mint; struck AD 266-267. GALLIENVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear with right hand and shield with left; PXV in exergue. RIC V.1 612; Cohen 1245; MIR 1666i. 4.55gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Fully intact silvering.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Six [6] AR Roman Denarii. 1st century BC-2nd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Various rulers. 18.36gr total.
Fine to Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
