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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Carinus BI Antoninianus. AD 283-285.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint; struck AD 285. 3rd officina. IMP CARINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNIT AVG, Aeternitas standing to left, holding Phoenix on globe and raising fold of skirt; KA(crescent)Γ in exergue. RIC V 244; Cohen 10; Pink VI/2, p. 39. 2.81gr, 21mm, 11h
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 293-296.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
London mint. IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, galley to left, with five rowers, waves below; QL below. RIC V.2 55; Burnett, Coinage 111. 2.62gr, 19mm, 7h
Good Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Constantius II BI Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £182
Antioch mint; struck AD 348-350. 3rd officina. D N CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, soldier to left, spearing fallen horseman, shield to lower right; Г to left, ANΔ in exergue. RIC VIII 132. 5.17gr, 23mm, 5h
Good Extremely Fine.
Purchased at Coinex, 10 October 2003, collector's ticket included; Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
