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LOT 3501
Probus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 280. Ticinum mint. 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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Romano-British Imitation of Constantinian Family AE 18mm. 4th century AD. Following uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. Cf. SCBC 750; see also Carson and J.P.C. Kent, 'A Hoard of Roman Fourth-Century Bronze Coins from Heslington, Yorkshire' in NC Vol. 11 (1971), p. 224. 1.98gr, 18mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine. Seemingly double struck.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218-219. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
ANTONINVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA, two signa between two aquila; MILIT in exergue. RIC IV 187; BMCRE 275; RSC 15. 3.10gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Constans BI Centenionalis. AD 348-350. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N CONSTANS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to left, holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constans standing to left, holding labarum with Christogram on banner and resting hand on shield; two bound captives kneeling before him; ALEB in exergue. RIC VIII 64. 5.27gr, 21mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
