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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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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol, head to left, raising hand and holding whip, in spread quadriga facing; CM XXIV in two lines below. RIC V 911; probuscoins.fr 2791. 4.20gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 269. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP C PIAV VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand. RIC V.2 109 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.04gr, 22mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 154-155. Rome mint (or mint in Britain?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated to left on rock, resting head on right hand, and resting left hand on rock, round shield and vexillum in background; S C in exergue. RIC III 934; Cohen 117; BMCRE 1971. 12.71gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
It has been suggested that the Britannia asses of Antoninus Pius were struck at a mint in the province as significant quantities have been found on Romano-British sites, such as Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh Fort on Hadrian's Wall. However, the enterprise of creating a mint is enormous and out of proportion for such a small issue, the product of quintessentially Roman style die engraving. It is therefore far more likely that this issue was produced in Rome and shipped to Britannia in bulk for distribution.
