LOT 4105
Caracalla AE Sestertius. AD 212. Rome mint.
M AVREL ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XV COS III P P, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding Victory, shield and spear; captive with hands tied behind back seated to left at his feet, S C across fields. RIC IV 490Ca corr. (rev. legend COS III, not COS IIII); Cohen 198; BMCRE 235. Near Very Fine.(21.19gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom UK private collection.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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LOT 4105
Caracalla AE Sestertius.
Estimate £80 - 100€93 - 116 (for guidance only)$108 - 135 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 290-293. 'C' mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVID AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton and cornucopia, globe at feet; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 -; RPC V.5 3027. 4.85gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection. -
Pseudo-Imperial, Odovacar (Odoacer) AV Solidus. AD 476-489. Rome mint. In the name of Zeno.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £500
D N ZENO PERP F AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman and fallen enemy motif / VICTORIA AVGGG Γ, Victory standing facing, head to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in right field, COMOB in exergue. RIC X 3654; Depeyrot 91/1; Lacam pl. 57, 70 (same obv. die); NAC 93, 1096 (hammer: 8,500 CHF); CNG MB 72, 2213; Roma XXIII, 1152 (same obv. die). 4.40gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Extremely Fine. Extremely rare.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 606. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
In RIC X, Kent argues that the Rome solidi struck at the behest of Odovacar can be divided into two series. The first series bearing the mint mark COMOB and :, R or Γ at the end of the reverse legend, and the second with •COMOB• and Γ• or Ä (see p. 216). -
Maximian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-294. Lugdunum mint. 3rd officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £15
IMP MAXIMIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGG, Salus standing to right, feeding snake held in arms; C in exergue. RIC 422. 3.94gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
