LOT 3168
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 281. 2nd officina. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding globe in her right hand and long sceptre in her left; Q in left field, SXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 491 var. (star on reverse); probuscoins.fr 1102. Near Extremely Fine.(3.65gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Quintillus BI Antoninianus. AD 270.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint. IMP C M AVR CL QVINTILLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor on globe; XII in exergue. RIC V.1 22; MER-RIC 1207 (temporary). 2.65gr, 21mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. Property of a Chester, UK, private collector. -
Aelius, Caesar AE As. AD 136-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £195
Rome mint; struck AD 137. L AELIVS CAESAR, bare head to right / TR POT COS • II, Spes advancing to left, holding flower in right hand and raising skirt with left, S C across fields. RIC II.3 2700; BMCRE 1931 (Hadrian). 12.98gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Dark cypress green patina.
From UK private collection. -
Augustus AE Sestertius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Uncertain Asian mint; struck 25 BC. [AVGVSTVS], bare head to right / C A within laurel wreath. RIC I 501 (Pergamum); BMCRE 713 (Pergamum); CBN 956 (Pergamum); RPC I 2233 (Asia). 23.17gr, 35mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
