LOT 3750
Roman Imperial, Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 3rd century AD.
Incuse of IMP C M CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right. For obverse cf. RIC V.1 83 (obverse of Antoninianus of Tacitus, Rome); for reverse cf. RIC 920 (obverse of Antoninianus of Probus, Antioch). Condition as seen.(4.16gr, 27mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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LOT 3750
Roman Imperial, Probus Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
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Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 200. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
ANTONINVS AVGVSTVS, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PONTIF TR P III, Sol standing facing, head to left, holding globe and spear. RIC IV 30; BMCRE 179-183 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 413. 3.31gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust in imperial mantle to left, holding sceptre surmounted by eagle / SOLI INVICTO, Sol in spread quadriga facing, head to left, holding whip and reins and raising hand; CM below, XXIA in exergue. RIC V.2 911; probuscoins.fr 4596. 3.46gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Crispina, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 178-182. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CRISPINA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / LAETITIA, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath in right hand and rudder set on globe in left; S C across fields. RIC III 669; Banti 10; BMC 417; Cohen 27. 21.6gr, 32mm, 5h.
Good Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany.
