LOT 3269
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). Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.(2.30gr, 22mm, 12h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; S-P across fields. Cf. RIC V.2 484 (obverse legend). 3.56gr, 22mm, 7h
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Salonina, Augusta AR Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint; struck AD 257-258. SALONINA AVG, draped and diademed bust to right, set on crescent / IVNO REGINA, Juno standing to left, holding spear and patera. RIC V.1 29 (Gallienus); MIR 227b; RSC 60. 3.20gr, 22mm, 5h
Extremely Fine. Toned.
Acquired from GB Collection, 26 May 2016, no.05254. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 293-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 294. 2nd officina. FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGG, two Concordiae clasping hands, each holding cornucopia with left hand; II in exergue. RIC V.2 628; Cohen 15. 3.31gr, 24mm, 7h
Near Extremely Fine. Much silvering remaining. Exceedingly Rare; no other examples on CoinArchives.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
