LOT 3505
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Siscia mint.
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear over shoulder / PROVIDENT AVG, Providentia standing facing, head left, holding globe and transverse sceptre; S in right field, XXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 720. Good Very Fine.(3.98gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Vespasian AE Semis. AD 74. Rome mint. Struck for circulation in the East.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP • VESP • AVG, laureate head to left / PON • TR • POT, winged caduceus. RIC II -; RPC -; McAlee 377. 3.15gr, 18mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Very rare with this reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Diva Faustina I AE Dupondius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, circa AD 150-late 150s. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right, wearing pearls bound on top of her head / [AET]ER-NITAS, Aeternitas seated to left, holding phoenix on globe and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC III 1156 (Pius). 13.51gr, 27mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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.
