LOT 3134
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Serdica mint. 6th emission, spring AD 274. 3rd officina. IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol standing to left, raising right hand and holding globe with left, two captives seated to left and to right at feet; T in exergue. RIC V.1 279; MER-RIC 2650 (temporary). Mint State. Attractive old cabinet tone with light gold iridescence around the devices.(5.02gr, 23mm, 7h).
ProvenanceEx Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 796.
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LOT 3134
Aurelian BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £250 - 350€290 - 410 (for guidance only)$340 - 470 (for guidance only)
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Victorinus BI Hybrid Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £221
Uncertain mint. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. For reverse cf. RIC V.2 309 (Treveri for Postumus). 3.13gr, 21mm, 1h
Very Fine. Hybrid with reverse of Postumus.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 2nd officina. IVL CRISPVS NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, wreath enclosing VOT • X in two lines; BSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 165. 3.77gr, 19mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
From a private collection, UK. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Unattributed mint; struck AD 287-293. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / P[AX] A[V]G, Pax standing to left, holding branch and long sceptre. RIC V.2 880; Webb 985. 3.68gr, 22mm, 12h
Near Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector.
