LOT 3618
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 280. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
IMP PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch and sceptre, V in right field; XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 713. Near Extremely Fine.(3.62gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK private collection.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 291-292. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre, B E across field; MLX[XI] in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 3.27gr, 23mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 327-328. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS AVG, rosette-diademed head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors, two turrets; star above, SMANTB in exergue. RIC VII 78 (see note for diadem variant). 3.07gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Circa after AD 146. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AVGVSTA, throne, on which is a wreath and a sceptre. RIC (Pius) 377; BMCRE (Pius) 454; RSC 131. 3.11gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
