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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Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 285-286. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; XXIA in exergue. RIC V.2 506. 3.51gr, 24mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Double struck.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Contemporary imitation. IMP C VICTORINVS [...], radiate bust to right / [...] AVG, Pax(?) standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 118. 2.74gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £21
Ticinum mint; struck AD 322-325. 1st officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT • XX in two lines above crescent within wreath; PT in exergue. RIC VII 167. 2.81gr, 19mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
