LOT 3345
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Rome mint; struck AD 280. 3rd officina. IMP PROBV[S] P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving galloping quadriga to left, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(wreath)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 200; probuscoins.fr 2399. Extremely Fine.(3.38gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Otacilia Severa, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint. 6th emission of Philip I, AD 247. M OTACIL SEVERA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing stephane, set on crescent / IVNO CONSERVATRIX, Juno standing to left, holding patera and sceptre. RIC IV 128; RSC 21. 3.82gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 322. 2nd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / BEATA TRANQVILLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOTIS XX in three lines; three stars above, STR• in exergue. RIC VII 347. 3.15gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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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.
