LOT 3742
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antioch mint. 6th officina.
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 Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and holding sceptre; ς between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. Very Fine.(3.89gr, 23mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the German art market before 2000.
Private collection, South Germany.
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Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 367-375. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[D N VALENTINIAN]VS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped, cuirassed bust to right / [GLORIA RO]MANORVM, emperor walking to right, head turned back, holding labarum emblazoned with christogram and dragging captive; mintmark in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 14a (Siscia). 2.65gr, 15mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
DIVA FAV-STINA, veiled and draped bust to right, with hair bound on top of head / AETER-NITAS, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and globe in outstretched right hand. RIC 348 (Pius); RSC 6; BMCRE 366. 3.77gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Cleaned.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 70. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
[IMP C]AESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / COS ITER TR PO[T], Pax seated to left, holding branch and caduceus. RIC II.1 29; RSC 94h. 3.24gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
