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Ancient Art, Antiquities, Natural History & Coins
Auction Highlights:
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.jpg "Roman Marble Portrait of a Boy as Worshipper of Isis")
.jpg "Larger Than Life-Size Roman Bronze Sandaled Foot")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20,800
.jpg "Byzantine Porphyry Relief with Cross Surrounded by Two Birds")
.jpg "Carved Marble Memento Mori Skull")
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Camulodunum(?) mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [FORTVNA AVG], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; [C?] in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 235; cf. Webb 287. 2.02gr, 18mm, 2h
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Uncertain mint. [...]VSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed(?) bust to right, seen from front / [PR]OV[I]D AV[G], Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; [globe?] at feet to left, [C?] in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 348 (Camulodunum mint). 2.30gr, 22mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Camulodunum mint. [IMP] CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ORIE[...], Sol walking to left with right hand raised, holding whip in left; C below. RIC V.2 294. 2.33gr, 24mm, 8h
Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Very Rare Type
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain British mint; struck AD 286-293. IMP CARAVSI[VS P F AVG], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LA[ETITIA A]VG, Laetitia standing to left, holding wreath and anchor. RIC V.2 823; Webb 921. 3.79gr, 21mm, 7h
Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector.
Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Unattributed mint; struck AD 287-293. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / P[AX] A[V]G, Pax standing to left, holding branch and long sceptre. RIC V.2 880; Webb 985. 3.68gr, 22mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector.
Near Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector.
Apparently Unpublished Variant
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London mint. 1st officina. [IMP C] CARAVSIVS AV[G], radiate and draped bust to right / [CON]SERVATORI A[VGG?]G, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand, eagle at foot to left, head to right, S P across fields; MLXXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 45 (globe at foot); cf. RIC V.5 2186. 2.69gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
'C' mint; struck 295-296. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with five rowers, mast and cabin, no waves below; QC below. RIC V 128; Rogiet 1041; Burnett, Coinage 215. 2.74gr, 19mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Very Rare
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; S-P across fields. Cf. RIC V.2 484 (obverse legend). 3.56gr, 22mm, 7h
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
London mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; ML in exergue. RIC V 101. 4.34gr, 25mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Unique Denarius of Carausius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
'RSR' mint(?). IMP CARAVSIVS [P AVG?], laureate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / CONCO[...], Concordia, draped, standing to right, holding standard in left hand and clasping right hand with soldier, wearing military attire, standing to left and holding spear in left hand; RSR(?) in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.53gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Unpublished combination of obverse and reverse types and seemingly unique.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Near Very Fine. Unpublished combination of obverse and reverse types and seemingly unique.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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London mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate, draped(?) and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; S A across fields, ML in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 33. 3.43gr, 19mm, 1h
Near Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
Near Very Fine.
Found Suffolk, UK.
'C' mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing to left, holding globe in right hand and cornucopia in left; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 108; Webb 164. 3.45gr, 21mm, 7h
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Near Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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