LOT 3343
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Serdica mint; struck AD 280/1. 2nd officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga, holding whip; in exergue: KAB. RIC V.2 862; probuscoins.fr 2030. Good Very Fine.(2.97gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 286-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Heraclea mint; struck AD 297-298. 1st officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-L-I ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; HTA in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 10.05gr, 28mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Ex Nash collection, 1990s-2000s. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Decentius, as Caesar AE Centenionalis AD 350/1-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £53
Contemporary imitation of Lugdunum/Ambianum mint. D N DECENTIVS NOB CIIES, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIIIE DD NN HVG E CIIE, two Victories standing facing each other, between them holding a shield resting on a short column, inscribed VOT V MVLT + in four lines; S V across lower central field, (palm)HMB(palm) in exergue. Bastien pl. 17, 32/3; Cohen-; RIC -; LRBC -. 2.80gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
This interesting ancient imitative piece combines both the mintmark of the mint at Ambianum, and the reverse field letters S-V which are only found on issues of Lugdunum. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / SPES AVGG, Spes walking to left, holding flower and raising robe. RIC V.2 270. 3.50gr, 20mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
