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LOT 3189
Group of Ten [10] BI Roman Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Various emperors. Very Fine to Good Very Fine.(25.11gr total.). [10]
ProvenanceFrom a private, UK, collection in the 1980s.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
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. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 272-273. C PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PIETAS AVGVSTOR, pontifical implements: sprinkler, simpulum, jug, knife, lituus. RIC V.2 258; RIC V.4 772-3 (knife not mentioned). 2.13gr, 19mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE As. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR POT P P, laureate head to left, small globe at point of bust / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm; S-C across fields. RIC I 525; BMCRE 356 var. (bust type). 12.70gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Scarce.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian.
