LOT 3631
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 293-295. London mint.
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding branch and vertical sceptre; S Λ across fields, MSL in exergue. RIC V.2 28; Burnett 15; Webb 27. Near Extremely Fine. Pleasant green patina.(4.80gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Colchester, Essex, UK.
Acquired from Den of Antiquity in 2017.
Private collection, New York, USA.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-290. Uncertain mint (Londinium?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
[IMP CARA]VSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust(?) to right / [SALVS A]VG, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC V.5 1552e. 3.58gr, 20mm, 3h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 268. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b. 3.36gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260. Cologne mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory advancing to left, holding palm branch in her left hand and wreath in her right hand; bound captive seated to feet left. RIC 19; Elmer 125. 2.90gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
