LOT 3040
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Siscia mint; struck AD 276-282. 4th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD MILIT, emperor standing to right, clasping hand of Concordia; Δ between; XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 651. Good Very Fine.(3.65gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Estimate: £600 - 800 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £300
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / AVG EPHE (partially ligate) in two lines within wreath. RIC II.1 1427; RPC II 829; BMCRE 451; RSC 40. 3.39gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Die break on obverse.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 270-271. IMP C VICTO[R]INVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / INVICTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising his right hand and holding whip with left; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.58gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Aelius, Caesar AR Denarius. AD 136-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Rome mint. Struck under Hadrian, AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera with right hand and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2625; BMCRE 981-2 (Hadrian); RSC 1. 2.61gr, 16mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
