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Apparently Unpublished Variant

LOT 3274

Sold for (Inc. bp): £65


Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.

London mint. 1st officina. [IMP C] CARAVSIVS AV[G], radiate and draped bust to right / [CON]SERVATORI A[VGG?]G, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and vertical sceptre in left hand, eagle at foot to left, head to right, S P across fields; MLXXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 45 (globe at foot); cf. RIC V.5 2186. 2.69gr, 20mm, 6h

Near Very Fine. Apparently unpublished variant. [No Reserve]

PROVENANCE:
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.

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