LOT 3506
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / ADVENTVS PROBI AVG, Emperor on horseback, riding to left, holding sceptre and raising right hand, captive before the horse; XXIA in exergue. RIC V.2 632. Very Fine.(4.00gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-329. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
CONSTANTINVS AVG, plain-diademed head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, laurel wreath enclosing VOT • XXX, written in three lines; •SMHΓ in exergue. RIC VII 90. 3.31gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Nero AE Sestertius. AD 67. Roma mint.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P XIII P P, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding long sceptre and resting left arm on shield, S C across field, ROMA in exergue. RIC I 356; Cohen 284; BMCRE 114; BN 427-428; WCN 168. 25.97gr, 36mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned and slightly smoothed in the fields.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol advancing to left, raising his right hand and holding whip with left; P in left field. RIC V.2, 316 note (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 213d. 2.44gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
