LOT 3339
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 282. 4th officina. IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; D in left field. RIC V.2 119; probuscoins.fr 179. Good Very Fine. Much original silvering remaining. Collector's note '1' on reverse.(4.87gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 244-249.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 244-247. IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANNONA AVGG, Annona standing to left, holding corn-ears over modius at feet and cornucopia. RIC IV 28c; RSC 25. 3.49gr, 24mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Collection formed in the 2000s. Ex property of an English gentleman. -
Constantius II BI Nummus. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Sirmium mint; struck AD 355-361. 2nd officina. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier, holding shield, standing to left and spearing fallen horseman below, shield on ground to right; BSIRM• in exergue. RIC VIII 69. 2.85gr, 19mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum mint. Struck in the name of Postumus, circa early or mid AD 268. 1st officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V 378 var. (no officina; Postumus); CGE 498 (Postumus); AGK 18c (Postumus); RSC 60 (Postumus). 3.87gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included.
