LOT 3388
Carausius, London AE Antoninianus Group. 286-293 AD.
Mixed group comprising: three Carausius Antoninianii of various issues and reverse types. Fine - Good Fine.(10.62gr total, 23-24 mm). [3, No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Suffolk, UK.
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Macrinus AE As. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £260
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP CAES M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right; seen from rear / VOTA PVBL P M TR P, Fides standing facing, head to left, holding standard in each hand and flanked by two more standards; S C across lower fields. RIC IV.2 129; BMCRE 98. 9.99gr, 27mm, 12h
Near Very Fine. Dark green patina. Very Rare.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; Acquired from David Miller, January 2016. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Antioch mint; struck AD 119. [IMP] CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, with aegis / P M TR POTES COS III, Aequitas-Moneta standing facing, head to left, holding scales with right hand and cornucopia with left. RIC II.3 2964; BMCRE p.378, 3 var. (bust type); RSC 1179b var. (same). 2.73gr, 19mm, 6h
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Treveri mint; struck AD 268. 1st officina. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol advancing to left, raising his right hand and holding whip with left; P in left field. RIC V.2, 316 note (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 213d. 2.84gr, 21mm, 11h
Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
