LOT 3746
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Uncertain mint.
VIRTVS PROBI AVG, radiate, and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / SALVS AVG, Salus seated to left on throne, feeding serpent rising from altar to left; XXIII in exergue. Not in the standard references. Very Fine. Apparently unpublished and possibly unique variant.(3.90gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Julia Domna, Augusta AR Denarius. AD 211-217. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / VENERI GENETRICI, Venus standing to left with patera and sceptre. RIC 387 (Caracalla). 3.30gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C [...]VS AV, radiate and draped bust to right / T[...] AVG, Victory(?) standing to left, holding wreath and palm. Cf. RIC V.2 224. 4.33gr, 25mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Magnentius AE Centenionalis. AD 350-353. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right, A behind bust / GLORIA ROMANORVM, emperor on horseback to right, holding shield on left arm, about to throw a spear at a bare-headed enemy in front of the horse, shield and broken spear beneath the horse; [T]RP(crescent) in exergue. RIC 271. 3.77gr, 19mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
