LOT 3341
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Lugdunum mint; struck January-August AD 282. 2nd officina. IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALV-S AVG, Salus standing to left, holding sceptre and feeding from patera snake coiled around and rising from altar to left; B to right. RIC V 124; Lyon 393. Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining.(3.67gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Maximinus II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 305-309.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £36
Alexandria mint; struck AD 308-310. 6th officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius, wearing modius, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; K in left field, S over P in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 100a. 6.53gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Trajan Decius AR Antoninianus. AD 249-251.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Antioch mint; struck AD 249-251. IMP C M Q TRAIANVS DECIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 29c; RSC 113a. 3.80gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Contemporary imitation(?). IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre. Cf. RIC V.2 100. 2.64gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
