LOT 3745
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 278-279. Lugdunum mint.
IMP C PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding two standards; III in exergue. RIC V.2 80. Good Very Fine.(3.29gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Divus Constantine I AE Nummus. AD 337-340. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
DV CONSTANTI-NVS PT AVGG, veiled head right / Constantine driving quadriga right, holding sceptre and reins; crowning manus Dei above, TRP in exergue. RIC VIII 68; LRBC 114. 1.51gr, 15mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Licinius I AE Nummus. AD 316. Trier mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, T-S across field, BTR in exergue. RIC 120. 3.09gr, 22mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269. Contemporary imitation. Imitating Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
[IMP?] M CASS LAT POSTVMVS P P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / ꟼ-ΛM[...]-O, galley to left with helmsman and five oarsmen above waves and branch to left, M[...] below. Cf. RIC V.4 93; cf. CGE 124; cf. Bastien, Postume 87 and 364; cf. Banti 26. 9.03gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine. Very interesting barbarian imitation.
Private collection, France. Private European collection.
