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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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Galerius, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SAC MON VRB AVGG ET CAESS N N, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; R(crescent)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 112b. 8.60gr, 28mm, 2h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
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. -
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.
