LOT 3283
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
'C' mint; struck AD 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. Very Fine.(3.01gr, 19mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Honorius AR Siliqua. AD 393-423.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mediolanum mint. D N HONORIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS ROMANORVM, Roma seated to left on cuirass holding Victory and inverted spear, MDPS in exergue. RIC X 1228; RSC 59†b. 0.95gr, 16mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
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 Apparently unpublished variant.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. -
Tiberius AR Denarius. AD 14-37.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 36-37. "Tribute Penny" type. TI CAESAR DIVI AVG F AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / PONTIF MAXIM, Livia, as Pax, seated to left, holding long vertical sceptre and branch, on chair with ornamented legs above one exergual line. RIC I 30 corr. (ornamented legs); BMCRE 48; RSC 16a. 3.63gr, 18mm, 1h
Extremely Fine. Darkly toned.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
