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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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Divus Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 270. Uncertain mint. Possibly contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
DIVO CLAVDIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to right, head to left. Cf. RIC V.1 266. 2.11gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 210-211. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
SEVERVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / VICTORIAE BRIT, Victory seated to left on shield, holding shield and palm. RIC IV 335; BMCRE 61; RSC 731. 3.18gr, 18mm, 8h.
Very Fine.
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 the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Romano-British Imitation of possibly Constantius II AE 12mm. 4th century AD. Unofficial mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N CONSTAN[...], pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman; mintmark in exergue. SCBC 750. 1.22gr, 12mm, 4h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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.
