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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Nerva AR Denarius. AD 96-98.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Rome mint; struck AD 96. IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M TR P COS II P P, laureate head to right / LIBERTAS PVBLICA, Libertas standing to left, holding pileus in right hand and transverse sceptre in left. RIC II 7; BMCRE 17; RSC 106; BN 10. 3.04gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 270. 5th officina. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding vexillum and sceptre; Є in right field. RIC V.1 18; MER-RIC 1152 (temporary). 2.52gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Maximian BI Nummus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Carthage mint; struck AD 297-298. 8th officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / FELIX A-D-VENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant skin headdress and holding signum and tusk; at feet to left, lion with captured bull; H in left field, PKS in exergue. RIC V 23b. 10.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Coincraft, London, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
