LOT 3731
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 282. Lugdunum mint. 4th officina.
IMP C PROBVS • P • F • AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; D in left field. RIC V.2 119; probuscoins.fr 179. Very Fine.(4.78gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Honorius AE Nummus. AD 401-403. Antioch mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
D N HONORIVS P F AVG, helmeted, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust three-quarters facing to right, holding spear and shield / CONCORDIA AVGG, Constantinopolis seated facing, head to right, right foot on prow, holding Victory and sceptre; ANTΓ in exergue. RIC 99; LRBC 2798. 2.38gr, 16mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 140-144. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P COS III, laureate head to right / CONCORDIA EXERCITVVM, Concordia standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on outstretched right hand and aquila with left; S C across fields. RIC III 678; BMCRE 1361. 10.03gr, 26mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Roman Imperial, Probus and Maximianus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £150
Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of CONCORDIA MILITVM, emperor standing to right, holding short sceptre, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, holding sceptre. Δ in lower centre field. In exergue XXI. For obverse cf. RIC V.2 925 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC V.2, 621 (reverse of Antoninianus of Maximianus Herculius, Antioch). 3.27gr, 27mm, 8h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
