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LOT 2992
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by eagle / SOLI INVICTO, Sol riding to left in quadriga, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 203. Very Fine.(3.80gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing facing, head to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing VOT X on shield set on trunk of palm tree; S C across fields. RIC IV 616; Cohen 567; BMCRE 643. 15.34gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. Struck AD 119-circa mid 120. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP CAESAR TRAIANVS HADRIANVS AVG, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / PONT MAX TR POT COS III, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding caduceus in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 243; Cohen 1192 var. (no drapery); BMC 1154. 22.74gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Gallienus AE Antoninianus. AD 259. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Valerian, holding spear and globe, and Gallienus, holding spear and Victory, standing facing one another. RIC 457. 3.09gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
