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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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Hadrian AE Sestertius. Circa AD 130-133. Rome mint. "Travel series" issue.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £715
HADRIANVS AVG COS III P P, laureate and draped bust to right / DACIA in exergue, S C across field, Dacia seated to left on rock pile, holding signum (standard) in right hand and falx (curved sword) over left shoulder. RIC II.3 1650; RIC II 849; Banti 237. 26.14gr, 32mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 285. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia and baton over globe at her feet to left; XXIΓ in exergue. RIC V.2 181. 3.59gr, 24mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 305. Antioch mint. 10th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C FL V CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI •, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; I in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 70a. 9.84gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
