LOT 3738
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antiochia mint.
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving globe from Jupiter standing to left, holding sceptre; Є between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. Good Very Fine.(4.54gr, 21mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated facing in hexastyle temple, holding Victory and sceptre; R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. RIC V.2 183. 3.66gr, 22mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Leo I AE 11mm. AD 457-474. Constantinople mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Lion crouching to left, head to right. Cf. RIC X, 673-4. 1.21gr, 11mm, 9h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Trajan AR Denarius. Struck AD 113-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.27gr, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine/Near Extremely Fine. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, 5 December 2011, no.961. Ex ACR ArtCoins Roma, 20 May 2015, no.3192. Accompanied by a certificate of authenticity and provenance.
