LOT 3743
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281-282. Rome mint. 7th officina.
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right, wearing aegis / ADVENTVS AVG, Emperor riding to left, with right hand raised, holding sceptre in left; captive at foot to left, R(thunderbolt)Z in exergue. RIC 155. Good Very Fine.(3.73gr, 22mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Roman Imperial, Probus and Numerian Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
Incuse of IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 386 (obverse of Antoninianus of Numerian, Lugdunum); for reverse cf. RIC V.2 861 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Serdica). 4.19gr, 27mm, 12h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325-326. Nicomedia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS •, camp gate with eight rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, MNΔ below. RIC VII 128. 3.38gr, 20mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Drusus AE As. Struck under Tiberius, AD 22-23. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
DRVSVS • CAESAR • TI • AVG • F • DIVI • AVG • N, bare head of Drusus to left / PONTIF • TRIBVN • POTEST • ITER • around large S • C. RIC 45; BMC 99; CBN 78; Cohen 2. 8.78gr, 29mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
