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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Time of Maximinus II BI Quarter Nummus. AD 310-313. Antioch mint. 'Persecution Issue'. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter seated on throne to left, holding globe in right hand and sceptre in left / VICTORIA AVGG, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm branch; H in right field; ANT in exergue. Van Heesch, Last 2; McAlee 171h. 1.58gr, 16mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / CRISPVS CAESAR in two lines; star above, SMANTE below. RIC VII 58. 1.83gr, 17mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
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.
