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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Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 273. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SPES AVGG, Spes standing facing, head to left, holding flower with right hand and raising robe with left. RIC V.2 270. 3.46gr, 22mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Incuse of IMP CO[...] P F AVG(?), laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of laureate head (or bust) to right. 3.97gr, 26mm, 5h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. After AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, Ceres standing facing, head to left, holding corn ears and long torch. RIC III 360 (Pius); BMCRE 408 (Pius); RSC 78. 3.15gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Nicely toned.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
