LOT 2987
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 6th officina.
IMP PROBVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ADVENTVS AVG, emperor riding to left, holding sceptre and raising hand in salute; captive seated below to left, R(star)ς in exergue. RIC V.2 157; probuscoins.fr 1972. Very Fine.(4.18gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 253-254. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / RESTITVT GENER HVMANI, Sol advancing to right, raising his hand and holding globe. RIC V.1 220 (Viminacium); MIR 1564a. 3.21gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Aelia Eudoxia AE Nummus. AD 395-401. Uncertain mint and officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
AEL EVDO-XIA AVG, pearl-diademed and draped bust to right, being crowned by the hand of God above / GLORIA RO-MANORVM, Empress seated on throne facing, crowned by the hand of God; cross in right field, mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC 80 (Nicomedia mint). 2.73gr, 16mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 306. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; S-F across fields, R(wreath)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 131a. 9.28gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
