56 / 128
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214.
Aurelian.
270-275 AD. Aureus, 4.03g (12h). Milan.
Obv: IMP C L DOM AVRE - LIANVS P F AVG
Bust laureate, cuirassed right, seen from front, aegis
with small Medusa head across breast, additional
fold of aegis on left shoulder, palm on right shoulder
strap. Rx: VIRTVS AVG Mars advancing right hold-
ing spear and trophy over shoulder, captive seated
at his feet. Paris 430, pl. 13 (same dies). Estiot,
Journal des Savants, Jan.-June 1999, 60 (D39/R52).
Göbl 127qO(2), pl. 74 (same dies, misattributed to
Rome). RIC 15 (same misattribution). Cohen 269
(120 Fr.). Excellent portrait, with almost no corro-
sion from being in the sea. Choice EF
$15,000
215.
Probus.
276-282 AD. Antoninianus, 4.01g (12h).
Ticinum. Obv: VIRTVS P - ROBI AVG Helmeted,
radiate, cuirassed bust left, seen from front, hold-
ing spear over shoulder and shield. Rx: PAX -
AVGVSTI Pax standing left holding branch and
transverse scepter, VXXI in exergue (officina 5), T
in left field. RIC 517. C 427 (3 Fr.). Mint State
$200
Part of a “coded” series: the letters in the field,
arranged in the numerical order of the officinae,
spell out “EQVITI”
.
216.
Antoninianus, 4.44g (12h). Siscia. Obv: IMP C M
AVR PROBVS P F AVG Radiate bust left in con-
sular robes, holding eagle-tipped scepter. Rx: SOL
- I I - NVICTO Sol in frontal, spread quadriga, rais-
ing right hand and holding globe and whip in left, T
/ XXI (officina 3) in two lines in exergue. RIC 776
(C). Alföldi, Probus 73/37 (2 spec.). C 682 (1 Fr.).
Mint State
$200
Ex Berk 83, 26 October 1994, lot 773
.
217.
Antoninianus, 4.35g (12h). Siscia. Obv: IMP C M
AVR PROBVS P AVG Bust helmeted, radiate, cui-
rassed left, holding spear and shield. Rx: VIRTVS
- PR - OBI AVG Mars walking right holding spear
and trophy over shoulder, XXI in exergue, V in right
field. RIC 816. Cf. Alföldi, Probus 96/196. Cohen
896 (C). Mint State
$200
A variety unknown to Alföldi, who cites just two
coins comparable to ours, in Budapest and Vienna
respectively, but his 96/196 has officina Q not V in
right field, and his 96/197 has officina V, but with
the numeral placed not in field but in exergue after
XXI
.
Flawless Carus
218.
Carus.
282-283 AD. Aureus, 4.59g (12h). Ticinum,
282 AD. Obv: IMP M AVR CARVS P F AVG Bust
laureate, cuirassed right, seen from front, fold of
cloak on left shoulder. Rx: SPES - PVBLICA Spes
advancing left holding flower and raising robe.
RIC 64 (R3). Calicó 4279. Cohen 76 (150 Fr.) var.
Flawless portrait of this unlucky emperor who was
killed by a bolt of lightning. Mint State
$15,000
Ex NAC 27, 12 May 2004, lot 489
.
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