LOT 3214
Group of Three [3] Roman AR Denarii. 1st century BC-3rd century AD.
Various types. Near Very Fine to Very Fine.(7.41gr total.). [3]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
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Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 299. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; Q(star) in exergue. RIC VI 95b. 8.86gr, 26mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK antiquarian. -
Nero AE Dupondius. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £325
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 66. IMP NERO CAESAR AVG P MAX TR P P P, laureate head to right, globe at point of bust / SECVRITAS AVGVSTI, Securitas seated to right, resting elbow on back of chair and head on hand, holding sceptre; torch standing on bucranium and leaning against garlanded altar to right, S C in exergue. RIC I 518; Cohen 324; BMCRE 341. 12.88gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Pleasant light green patina.
Ex UK private collection. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London mint. IM[P C CARAVSIVS P F?] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; S C across fields, ML in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 5.30gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK.
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