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LOT 3269

Sold for (Inc. bp): £7


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

Uncertain mint. [...]VSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed(?) bust to right, seen from front / [PR]OV[I]D AV[G], Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre with right hand and cornucopia with left; [globe?] at feet to left, [C?] in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 348 (Camulodunum mint). 2.30gr, 22mm, 12h

Near Very Fine. Edge chipped. [No Reserve]

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

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