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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Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 198. Laodicea mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C M AVR ANTON AVG P TR P, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / MONETA AVGG, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 337d; RSC 168e. 3.04gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Cyzicus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CLAVDIVS P F AVG, radiate head to right; two pellets below / VICTORIAE GOTHIC, trophy with two bound and seated captives at base. RIC V online 979. 3.08gr, 20mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Essex. 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. -
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-311. Antioch mint. 7th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SOLI IN-VICTO, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding head of Serapis with left; crescent above Z in left field; ANT in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 154c (SOLE). 7.20gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very rare with SOLI instead of SOLE in reverse legend.
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.
