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LOT 2994
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 278. Ticinum mint. 5th officina.
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-topped sceptre / HERCVLI PACIF, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin; VXXT in exergue. RIC V.2 375; probuscoins.fr 288. Good Very Fine.(3.83gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES AVGG, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 270. 2.48gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 312-313. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / MARTI CONSERVATORI, Mars helmeted in military dress standing to right, holding reversed spear and resting hand on shield; star in left field, PLN in exergue. RIC 254; CT 7.10.003. 4.66gr, 24mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 107-108. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / COS V P P S P Q R OPTIMO PRINC, Danube reclining to left on rocks, head to right, with billowing cloak above, placing his right hand on stern and resting his left arm on overturned urn; DANVVIVS in exergue. RIC II 100; BMCRE 395; Woytek 277b; RSC 136. 2.73gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine. Attractive old cabinet tone. Some scratches.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
