LOT 3278
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor AE Denarius. AD 286-293.
'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. Near Very Fine. Unpublished combination of obverse and reverse types and seemingly unique.(3.53gr, 20mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
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Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 161-180.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Rome mint. Struck AD 171-172. M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXVI, laureate head of Marcus Aurelius to right; drapery on far shoulder / IMP VI COS III, Roma, helmeted, seated to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear in her left; shield by her side decorated with Medusa's head (?); S C across fields. RIC III, - (cf. 1033, no drapery); BMCRE - (cf. 1416, same). 27.19 gr, 30mm, 1h
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Nice olive green patina. Unpublished variant in the major references.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 5th officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT • V in two lines; ЄSIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 163. 3.39gr, 19mm, 12h
Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £35
Treveri mint; struck AD 266-267. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Aesculapius standing facing, head to left, leaning on snake-entwined staff, globe at feet to right. RIC V.2 86 (Lugdunum) and 326 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 336d. 3.70gr, 20mm, 6h
Extremely Fine. Flan crack at 6h.
From a London collection, 1990s.
