LOT 3696
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint.
4th officina. PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, holding Victory and sceptre; R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. RIC V.2 187; probuscoins.fr 239. Extremely Fine.(4.17gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
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Tiberius AR Denarius. Struck AD 36-37. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
[TI CAESΛR DIVI] ΛVG F ΛVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia as Pax seated to right on chair with ornamented legs, her legs draped resting on footstool, holding sceptre and branch; on singular exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.46gr, 19mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Valens AR Siliqua. AD 367-375. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
D N VALENS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on throne, holding Victory on globe with right hand and sceptre with left; TRPS• in exergue. RIC IX 27e.1; RSC 109†a. 2.23gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Maximian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £15
2nd officina. IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquor flows; HTB in exergue. RIC VI 19b corr. (obv. legend). 9.95gr, 28mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
