LOT 2988
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint.
IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. Good Very Fine.(2.97gr, 25mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Magnentius BI Nummus. AD 350-353. Lugdunum mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, draped and cuirassed bust to right, A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories inscribing shield set on column, VOT V MVLT X; RPLG in exergue. RIC VIII 186. 2.49gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Galerius BI Nummus. AD 308-309. Antioch mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
3rd officina. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMPERATORIS, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; crescent in left field, Γ in right field; ANT in exergue. RIC VI 106a. 5.79gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 197-198. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP X, laureate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing to left, foot on cuirass(?), holding branch and inverted spear. Cf. RIC 113. 2.75gr, 17mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex Lockdales, Suffolk, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
