LOT 3061
Augustus AR Denarius. 27 BC-AD 14.
Uncertain Spanish mint (Colonia Caesaraugusta?); struck 19-18 BC. CAESAR AVGVSTVS, bare head to right / S•P•Q•R CL•V in two lines on round shield (clipeus virtutis). RIC I 42a; BMCRE 333-4 = BMCRR Gaul 128-9; RSC 294; BN 1311. Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned; minor areas of corrosion.(3.59gr, 21mm, 6h).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman;
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Spring Sale 2020, 25 May 2020, lot 815 (dealer's ticket included);
Ex Auktionshaus H. D. Rauch GmbH, Auction 90, 4 June 2012, lot 323.
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Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 293-300.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 300-302. 1st officina. CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP-VLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera with right hand over lit altar and cornucopia with left; A in right field, PLG in exergue. RIC VI 129a; Bastien 241. 10.91gr, 29mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Near full silvering.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
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 Unpublished combination of obverse and reverse types and seemingly unique.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. -
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Roman Imperial AE Nummi of Constantinian Family [7]. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Group comprising: mixed emperors, issues and reverse types. 17.52gr total, 16-22mm
Very Fine - Extremely Fine.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
