LOT 3062
Augustus AE As. 27 BC-AD 14.
Lugdunum mint; struck 10-6 BC. CAES[AR PONT] MAX, laureate head to right / ROM ET AVG, front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by stylised male figures; to left and right, Victories on columns, facing one another. RIC I 230; BMCRE 550. Near Very Fine.(10.02gr, 26mm, 2h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom an old UK collection;
From the collection of a London antiquarian.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor AE Denarius. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £312
'RSR' mint(?). IMP CARAVSIVS [P AVG?], laureate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre in right hand / CONCO[...], Concordia, draped, standing to right, holding standard in left hand and clasping right hand with soldier, wearing military attire, standing to left and holding spear in left hand; RSR(?) in exergue. Not in the standard references. 3.53gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Unpublished combination of obverse and reverse types and seemingly unique.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Valerian I AR Antoninianus. AD 253-260.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 253-254. IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / APOLINI PROPVG Apollo standing to right, drawing bow. RIC V 74; MIR 36, 44d; RSC 25. 3.44gr, 22mm, 11h
Good Very Fine.
From a London collection, 1990s. -
Constantine I 'the Great' BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319-320. 3rd officina. CONST-ANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / VIRTVS EXERCIT, standard inscribed VOT XX in two lines, captives seated to left and to right on ground; TT in exergue. RIC VII 114. 2.95gr, 20mm, 6h
Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
