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Lugdunum mint, 10th emission of Carinus and Numerian, AD 284. 2nd officina. Consecration issue. DIVO CARO PIO, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, eagle standing to left, head to right; II in exergue. RIC V.2 29; Lyon 623. 3.43gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector.
Ticinum mint; struck AD 283-284. 6th officina. IMP NVMERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENT AVGG, Providentia standing to left, holding ears of corn and cornucopia, modius at foot; VIXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 447. 3.52gr, 22mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Lugdunum (Lyon) mint; struck AD 284. 2nd officina. IMP C NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; B to left. RIC V 394; Pink VI/2, p. 23-4; Lyon 539. 4.17gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Lugdunum mint. IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. 4.23gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 285/6. 1st officina. IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; A in left field. RIC V.2 41. 3.50gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Siscia mint; struck AD 295. 3rd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; Γ in left field, ✶SIS in exergue. RIC VI 85a. 8.98gr, 27mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
Unusual and Rare Engraver's Error
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
Carthage mint; struck AD 299-303. 1st officina. IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SALVIS AVGG ET CAESS AVG TA (sic) KART, Carthage standing facing, head to left, holding fruit in both hands; A in exergue. RIC VI 31a. 8.41gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very interesting engraver's error on reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Near Extremely Fine. Very interesting engraver's error on reverse legend.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
Siscia mint; struck AD 300. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / SACRA MONET AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia; B in right field, (star)SIS in exergue. RIC VI 131b. 10.59gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
London mint; struck circa May to end of November AD 307. D N MAXIMIANO P F S AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing to left, wearing chlamys, towered head, holding patera with right hand and cornucopia with left; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 90; C&T 5.01.003; RML 189. 7.45gr, 26mm, 7h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
Unrecorded Mintmark
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate, helmetted and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGG, Minerva standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre and shield with left; (star) A in exergue. RIC V 404 var. (mintmark). 4.26gr, 24mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Apparently unrecorded mintmark.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Near Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining. Apparently unrecorded mintmark.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
Antioch mint; struck AD 309. IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO IMP-ERATORIS, Genius standing to left, holding patera with right hand, from which liquid pours, and cornucopia with left; O above I in right field, ANT • in exergue. RIC VI 112a. 6.83gr, 26mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
Large Collectable and Exceedingly Rare Carausius' Type
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing to right in military attire, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left. Cf. RIC V.2 848 (Unattributed). 3.10gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known after RIC example and no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known after RIC example and no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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