LOT 3043
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 278-279. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Roma as amazon standing facing, head to left, holding Victory and spear; shield on ground, IIII in exergue. RIC V.2 112; probuscoins.fr 158; Bastien 298. Near Extremely Fine.(4.00gr, 21mm, 8h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Carthage mint; struck AD 299-303. 1st officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS AVG TA (sic) KART, Carthage standing facing, head to left, holding fruit in both hands; A in exergue. RIC VI 31a. 8.41gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very interesting engraver's error on reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Theodora AE 14mm. Died before AD 337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Treveri mint; struck circa AD 337-340. 2nd officina. FL MAX THEODORAE AVG, mantled bust to right / PIETAS ROMANA, Pietas standing facing, head to right, carrying infant; TRS(feather) in exergue. RIC VIII 91. 1.60gr, 14mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 266. 2nd officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / AVG IN PACE, Salonina seated to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; [...]S in exergue. Cf. RIC V 58; cf. MIR 36, 1307; cf. RSC 17. 3.44gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
