LOT 3344
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, seen from rear / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing to left, right hand raised, left holding globe; XXIQ in exergue. RIC V.2 671. Extremely Fine.(4.52gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
London mint. IMP CARAV[...] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left; F O across field, ML in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 101. 3.87gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Siscia mint; struck AD 326-327. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets, star above; •ASIS• in exergue. RIC VII 200. 2.97gr, 19mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 196-197. [L SEPT SEV PERT] AVG IMP VIII, laureate head to right / ADVENTVI AVG FELICISSIMO, Emperor, on horse prancing to right, raising right hand. RIC IV 74; BMCRE 151 (wars of succession) corr. (bust type); RSC 6. 3.56gr, 17mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
