LOT 3347
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 281. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe and sceptre; Q in left field, SXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 490; probuscoins.fr 303. Near Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact.(3.81gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Severus Alexanader AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £49
Rome mint; struck AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERALITAS AVG, Liberalitas standing to left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 148; RSC 108a. 3.00gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 9h. Struck on a broad flan.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Treveri mint; struck AD 350. 1st officina. IM CAE MAGNENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing facing, head to left, holding standard with Chi-Ro and Victory on globe, crowning emperor with wreath; A in right field, TRP(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 266; Bastien 28; LRBC 51. 6.29gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Carus AV Aureus. AD 282-283.
Estimate: £15,000 - 20,000 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £6,667
Antioch mint. IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTOR-IAE AVGG, Victory advancing to right, holding palm frond over left shoulder and wreath in her right hand; SMA in exergue. RIC V.2 122; Calicó 4290; Cohen-. 5.02gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Extremely rare; only one other example on CoinArchives (CNG 53, 1698).
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 334, 29 May 2018, lot 132. Ex Nomos AG, Auction 17, 26 October 2018, lot 304 (dealer's ticket included).
