LOT 2986
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Rome mint. 3rd officina.
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SOLI INVICTO, Sol driving galloping quadriga to left, holding globe and whip and raising hand; R(thunderbolt)Γ in exergue. RIC V.2 200; Cohen 648. Good Very Fine.(3.78gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Group of Seven [7] Constantinian BI Coins. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Comprising: various types, issues, denominations and reverse types. 15.04gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the private collection of John Meredith, acquired since the 1990s; thence by descent. -
Maximinus II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
5th officina. GAL VAL MAXIMINVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO CAESARIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; X in left field, Є over K in right field; ALE in exergue. RIC VI 78. 5.61gr, 24mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Private Collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
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.
