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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Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 299. Siscia mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; B in left field, (star)SIS in exergue. RIC 85a. 9.89gr, 29mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. AD 268-270. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CLAVDIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / OQIPM AVG(?), female figure standing to left, holding cornucopia with left hand and patera with her right. 4.66gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Thick flan.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 293-295. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M A MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA MILITVM, Maximian standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving crowning Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; S between, XXI[•?] in exergue. Cf. RIC 607. 4.02gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
