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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Julia Mamaea, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 224. IVLIA MAMAEA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / VENVS FELIX, Venus seated to left, holding statuette and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC IV 701 (S. Alexander); BMCRE 199 (S. Alexander). 19.29gr, 31mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor, BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...]S P F AVG; incuse of reverse / HILARITAS AVGG, Hilaritas standing to left, holding long branch with right hand and cornucopia with left. Cf. RIC V.2 80; cf. RIC V.4 801. 2.36gr, 19mm.
Extremely Fine. Brockage of reverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. Until the late 3rd century AD brockages showing the reverse are much less common since mint workers would be more likely to see the stuck coin in the anvil die. -
Marius, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £144
Treveri mint; struck AD spring 269. IMP C MARIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAEC FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC V.2 10 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 485; Cohen 13 (Colonia Agrippinensis); Elmer 634. 3.11gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
