LOT 3698
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint.
2nd officina. IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONS PROB AVG, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; R(thunderbolt)B in exergue. RIC V.2 173; probuscoins.fr 1067. Near Extremely Fine.(5.08gr, 24mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. Struck circa AD 312. Antioch mint. 'Persecution Issue'.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
3rd officina. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Γ in right field, SM[A] in exergue. McAlee 170c; Vagi 2954. 1.56gr, 16mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 121-123. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right; slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Clementia standing to left, holding patera over altar and sceptre, and resting elbow on column; CLEM in exergue. RIC II.3 497 var. (bust type); BMCRE 254; RSC 214a. 3.33gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
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Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. AD 310. Antioch mint. 'Persecution' issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding globe and sceptre / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; A(?) in left field, ANT in exergue. Cf. McAlee 171; cf. Van Heesch, Last 2. 1.39gr, 15mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
