LOT 3121
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 138-161.
Rome mint; struck AD 154-155. ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / COS IIII, Vesta standing facing, head to left, sacrificing over altar with patera and holding palladium. RIC III 238; BMCRE 829-831; RSC 201. Near Extremely Fine.(3.30gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s.
Private North Country, UK, collection.
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LOT 3121
Antoninus Pius AR Denarius.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
Uncertain mint (Camulodunum?). IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground. RIC 1038; Cohen 391. 3.39gr, 21mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996. -
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Group of Eight [8] Roman Imperial AR and AE Coins. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Various rulers. 20.44gr total.
Condition as seen.
Found Worcestershire, UK. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.79gr, 17mm.
Good Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank.
