LOT 3697
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 282. Ticinum mint.
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; T to left, star to right, VXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 517; probuscoins.fr 4077/4111. Near Extremely Fine.(3.57gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 246. Rome mint.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £111
M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748. -
Maximinus I AE Sestertius. AD 236-238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERMANICA, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding wreath and palm, captive seated to left at feet; S C across fields. RIC IV 90; Cohen 109; BMCRE 191. 19.04gr, 30mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Mamiminus II BI Nummus. AD 310. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
5th officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, holding patera from which liquor flows over lighted altar in his right hand and cornucopia in his left; star in left field, Є in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 133c. 7.10gr, 24mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985.
