LOT 3042
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Antioch mint; struck AD 281. 7th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT ORBIS, female figure standing to right, presenting wreath to emperor standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Z between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 925; Cohen 509; probuscoins.fr 738. Good Very Fine.(2.69gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. [IM]P C M [...]OSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing facing, head to right, holding globe with right hand and spear with left. RIC V.2 106 var. (Postumus' head to left on reverse); RIC V.4 97 var. (same); Bastien 67 var. (same). 12.49gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark olive green patina. Apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Tetricus I BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Local imitation. [I]MP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX A[VG], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right and sceptre with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100, 212 & 248. 1.72gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Gallienus AR Antoninianus. AD 253-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 257-258. IMP GALLIENVS P F AVG GERM, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / AP-OLINI [C]ONSERVA, Apollo standing facing, head to left, holding branch in his right hand and resting his left on lyre set on rock. RIC V.1 126 (joint reign) var. (bust); MIR 123l. 2.70gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
