LOT 3503
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Serdica mint.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / VIRTVS PROBI AVG, XXIS, Probus on horse galloping left, preparing to hurl spear at fallen enemy to lower left. RIC 818. Good Very Fine.(5.08gr, 24mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman.
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Romano-British Imitation of Constans AE 16mm. 4th century AD. Following Arles mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE DD AVGG Q NN, two Victories standing, facing one another, each holding wreath; monogram of MA between; SARL in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 79. 1.82gr, 16mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s. -
Agrippa AE As. AD 37-41. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing to left, holding small dolphin and trident; S C across fields. For prototype: RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 6.72gr, 25mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Galba AR Denarius. June AD 68 - January AD 69. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
IMP SER GALBA AVG, bare head to right / S P Q R OB C S in three lines within oak wreath. RIC I 167; BMCRE 34 corr. (bare head); RSC 287. 2.34gr, 17mm, 6h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
