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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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 313-315. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre; eagle with wreath in beak at feet to left, Є in right field, SIS in exergue. RIC VII 5. 3.88gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Severus Alexander AE Dupondius. AD 232. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, radiate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding thunderbolt in his raised right hand and eagle in his left; S C across field. RIC 632; BMC 827 note; Cohen 88. 11.91gr, 25mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Vandals, Imitative AE 12mm. Circa 5th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Camp gate with open doorway. For similar, cf. BMC Vandals 73-80 (in the name of Valentinian III); for prototype, cf. RIC X 2161. 1.39gr, 12mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
