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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Herennia Etruscilla, Augusta AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
HER ETRVSCILLA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing facing, head to left, holding hand over child tugging at hem of drapery on left, and cornucopia. RIC IV 55b (Decius); RSC 8. 4.32gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Toned. Some deposits on reverse.
From the Ortiz collection. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 114-117. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP TRAIANO OPTIMO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate and draped bust to right / COS VI P P S P Q R, Genius standing to left, holding patera and corn-ears. RIC II 303; BMCRE 519; Woytek 488v; RSC 105. 3.20gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. Acquired from the early 1980s. From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust to right, wearing necklace / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing to left, holding branch; MNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 129. 2.61gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
