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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Divus Victorinus BI Antoninianus. Died AD 271. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
[DIVO VICTORINO PIO?], radiate head to right / CONS[ECRATIO?], eagle standing to left, head to right, with wreath(?) in beak. Cf. RIC V.2 83. 1.58gr, 15mm, 3h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Valens BI Nummus. AD 364-378.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N VALEN-S P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath in her right hand and palm frond in her left, star to left; mintmark in exergue. 1.90gr, 17mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 3.31gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
