LOT 3499
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint.
IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. Good Very Fine.(2.97gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3499
Probus BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £60 - 80€70 - 93 (for guidance only)$81 - 108 (for guidance only)
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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 219. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP ANTONINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P II COS II P P, Providentia standing to left, legs crossed, holding rod and cornucopia, and leaning on column; globe at feet. RIC IV 23; BMCRE 102; RSC 144. 2.81gr, 20mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS 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; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 9.45gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269. Mediolanum mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath with right hand and palm with left; S in exergue. RIC V.1 171. 4.22gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
