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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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C PIV ESV TETR[ICVS CAE]S, radiate and draped bust to right / [SPES P]VBLI[CA], Spes walking to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 272; RIC V.4 759. 2.60gr, 20mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine. Double struck.
Ex property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE As. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint; struck 6 BC. Sex. Nonius Quinctilianus, triumvir monetalis. CAESAR AVGVST PONT MAX TRIBVNIC POT, bare head to left / SEX NONIVS QVINCTILIAN IIIVIR A A A F F, large S C; c/m: TIB • AVG (AV ligate) in rectangular incuse. RIC I 440; Pangerl -. 7.35gr, 26mm, 8h.
Near Very Fine. Extremely rare and unpublished in the collection Pangerl.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian II AR Denarius. AD 238.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £5,980
Rome mint; struck AD 238. IMP M ANT GORDIANVS AFR AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / PROVIDENTIA AVGG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, leaning on short column and holding wand with right hand and cornucopia with left; globe at her feet. RIC IV 1; RSC. 5; BMCRE 19-20 var. (rev. legend break). 2.50gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Wonderful old cabinet tone.
Ex Tinchant Brussels. Ex UBS Gold & Numismatics, Auction 78, 9 September 2008, lot 1825 (hammer: 5,100 CHF).
Gordian II was Roman emperor with his father Gordian I in AD 238, the Year of the Six Emperors. Seeking to overthrow Maximinus Thrax, he died in battle outside Carthage. Since he died before his father, Gordian II had the shortest reign of any Roman emperor, at about 22 days.
