LOT 3169
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 280. 5th officina. VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and transverse sceptre; T in left field, VXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 517; Pink VI/1, p. 66. Good Very Fine.(3.74gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Rome mint; struck AD 113-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.27gr, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine/Near Extremely Fine. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, 5 December 2011, no.961. Ex ACR ArtCoins Roma, 20 May 2015, no.3192. Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity and Provenance. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £10
Uncertain mint. [...]CVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 1.91gr, 16mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. -
Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Estimate: £100 - 140 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
Treveri mint; struck AD 350. 2nd officina. IM CAE MAGN-ENTIVS AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS REIPVBLICE, emperor in military dress standing to left, holding Victory on globe with right hand and standard with Chi-Rho banner with left; A in right field; TRS(crescent) in exergue. RIC VIII 266; Bastien 28; LRBC 51. 4.14gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Compton Dundon hoard.
The Compton Dundon Hoard consisted of 564 Roman Nummi, a large proportion of which were issues of the usurper Magnentius and Decentius, issued AD 350-353.
