LOT 3740
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 277-278. Ticinum mint. 6th officina.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing trabea and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / FIDES MILIT, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding signum in each hand; VIXXT in exergue. RIC V.2 364; probuscoins.fr 333. Good Very Fine.(4.08gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Nero AE Quadrans. AD 64. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
NERO CLAV CAE AVG GER, crested helmet on column, round shield decorated with Gorgoneion to right, spear behind / P M TR P IMP P P, laurel branch; S C across fields. RIC I 255; BMCRE 294. 2.05gr, 16mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Marcus Aurelius, as Caesar AE As. AD 142. Rome mint.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £120
AVRELIVS CAESAR AVG PII F COS, bare head to right / PIETAS AVG, sacrificial implements: knife, sprinkler, jug, lituus and simpulum; S C in exergue. RIC 1240a (Pius). 9.98gr, 27mm, 5h.
Very Fine. Nice patina with golden highlights.
Private collection, France. Private European collection. -
Trajan AE Quadrans. Circa AD 112-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP CAES TRAIAN AVG GERM, laureate bust of Hercules to right, wearing lion skin draped around his neck / Boar walking to right; S C in exergue. RIC 702; BMC 1062; Cohen 341; Woytek 602b. 2.64gr, 16mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
