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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![Group of One Hundred [100] Late Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/243635-s.jpg)
Group of One Hundred [100] Late Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £200 - 300 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £100
Various emperors. 239gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Romano-British Imitation of Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Following Ludgunum mint; struck circa AD 353-354. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier standing to left, spearing fallen horseman, round shield below; CPLG in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 189; 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. 215. 2.54gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Yorkshire, UK. From the private collection of Robin Sykes, Yorkshire, UK, formed since the late 1990s.
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. -
Zeno AE 8mm. AD 476-491. Uncertain mint or Thessalonica.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N ZENO P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / Monogram of emperor Zeno (type 2) within wreath, no mark in exergue. RIC X, 958-959. 0.82gr, 8mm, 8h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Naville Numismatics Ltd., Auction 51, 21 July 2019, lot 736 (company's ticket included). Ex CNG. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
