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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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947
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ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
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Estimate €60,000
Voluntary lot
Description
ROMAN EMPIRE - ROMAN
Probus (276–282). Aureus ND (c. 279), Siscia.
Obverse: IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG. Bust facing three-quarters to the left, draped and clad in cuirass, wearing a helmet with a crested and laureated crest, holding a spear and a shield adorned with a Gorgon.
Rev. P - M TRI - P / COS III. The Emperor, wearing a laurel wreath, holding a sceptre adorned with an eagle, in a quadriga facing right.
Calicó – (cf. 4177, reverse) – Coh. – (cf. 453, reverse) – RIC – (cf. 579, reverse); Gold – 6.39 g – 20 mm – 6 h
From the Long Valley River collection, Helios 3 auction, 29 April 2009, lot 231, then Numismatica Ars Classica 102, 2017, lot 559, then Roma Numismatics XX auction, 2020, lot 666, then Numismatica Ars Classica 131, 2022, lot 113, Künker Sale 397, 14 November 2023, lot 2866 and finally Hess-Divo AG Sale 343, 25 May 2025, lot 187.
COMING SOON.
From the Emperor’s third consulship (279). On a wide, slightly irregular flan, and in its original mint condition. Perhaps only two examples known (including NAC 25, 2003, lot 567)? Mint condition.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, implemented in national law with effect from 1 January 2025, buyers from within the EU are required to pay 5.5% VAT on the hammer price of this lot.
* Pursuant to Council Directive (EU) 2022/542 of 5 April 2022, which comes into force in national law on 1 January 2025, successful bidders from within the EU will also be required to pay 5.5 per cent VAT on this lot.
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