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 Unpublished combination of obverse and reverse types and seemingly unique.(3.53gr, 20mm, 6h).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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Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Siscia mint; struck AD 319-320. 5th officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / VICT • LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines on altar inscribed S; • ЄSIS • in exergue. RIC VII 88. 3.18gr, 20mm, 6h
Near Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Colonia Agrippinensis; struck AD 269-270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing to right, feeding serpent in her arms. RIC V.2 67 (Southern Mint) and 122 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.23gr, 20mm, 1h
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 177-192.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 186. M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P [XI IMP VII COS V P P], emperor standing to left on platform, addressing four soldiers; [S C] across fields, [F]ID EXERCI[T] in exergue. RIC III 468b; Cohen 136; BMCRE 580. 22.18gr, 29mm, 6h
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
