LOT 3744
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint. 3rd officina.
[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. Near Extremely Fine. Much of the original silvering remaining.(3.58gr, 22mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 367-375. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[D N VALENTINIAN]VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust to right / [GLORIA RO]MANORVM, emperor walking to right, head turned back, holding labarum emblazoned with christogram and dragging captive; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 14a (Siscia). 2.65gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Licinius BI Nummus. AD 321-324. Nicomedia mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right / IOVI CONSERVATORI / X/IIΓ, Jupiter standing left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with a wreath in its beak at foot left and captive to right, SMKΒ in exergue. RIC 15. 3.81gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine brown tone.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 316-317. Heraclea mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP LICINIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to left, holding mappa, globe and sceptre / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with seven rows, no doors and three turrets; HTB below. RIC VII 15. 3.60gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
