LOT 3342
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Cyzicus mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing facing in spread quadriga, head to left, holding whip and reins, and raising hand; CM below, XXIB in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 2792. Near Extremely Fine.(3.86gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 330-335. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLOR-IA EXERC-ITVS, two soldiers standing facing one another, each holding spear and shield, two standards between them; SMNA in exergue. RIC VII 188. 2.09gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Group of Twelve [12] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Various emperors. 21.79gr total.
Near Very Fine.
Found individually on a Roman lead-mine site near Ilam, Derbyshire, in the 1990s. Ian Wilkinson collection, Nottinghamshire, UK, formed since 1985. -
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Group of Twenty-Two [22] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
Various emperors. 88gr total.
Fine to Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
