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 Fourty Four [44] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
Comprising: Nummus and Antoninianus for various emperors and reverse types. 110gr total, 14-23 mm.
Good Fine to Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Hadrian AE Sestertius. AD 129-130. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
HADRIANVS AUGVSTVS, laureate and draped bust to right / IVSTITIA [AVG] P P, Justitia seated to left, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields, COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 1154; Banti 482. 23gr, 31.5mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group, Electronic Auction 491, 5 May 2021, lot 395. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck under Antoninus Pius, after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / CONSECRATIO, Ceres standing to left, raising her right hand hand and holding torch with her left. RIC 382a. 2.87gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
