LOT 3748
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Cyzicus mint.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, Emperor standing to right, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; XXIP in exergue. RIC V.2 905 var. (bust not cuirassed). Good Very Fine.(4.43gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust in imperial mantle to left, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga facing, head to left, holding whip and reins and raising hand; CM below, XXIA in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 4596. 3.46gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets, star above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 296; C&T 10.02.004. 3.44gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantius II AE 14mm. AD 337-361. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation of a Fel Temp Reparatio.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Pearl-diademed bust to right / Emperor advancing to left, spearing fallen horseman; shield below. 1.14gr, 14mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
