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LOT 2995
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint. 5th officina.
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. Near Extremely Fine.(4.20gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
[...] CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [VICTO]RIA AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm in her left. For prototype cf. RIC V.1 168. 2.23gr, 18mm, 4h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Siscia mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre, VI in right field; XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 713; probuscoins.fr 1792. 4.20gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 253-268. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left on shield, presenting Victory to emperor, standing to right. MIR 36, 1701g. 3.98gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very fine. Very rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
