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LOT 2989
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving quadriga to left, holding whip and globe and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 203. Very Fine.(4.49gr, 21mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 130-133. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate head to right / RESTITVTORI HISPANIAE, Hadrian, togate, standing to left, holding scroll in his left hand and raising up Hispania, who kneels to left before him and holds an olive branch in her left hand, with his right. RIC 1580; Cohen 1260. 2.93gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271. Southern mint or Colonia Agrippinensis.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, holding patera and feeding serpent in arms. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.15gr, 20mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nerva AE Sestertius. AD 97. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
IMP NERVA CAES AVG P M [TR P COS III P P], laureate head to right / [FORTVNA] AVGVST, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC II 83; BMCRE 108; BN 98. 19.01gr, 33mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
