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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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Emesa mint; struck AD 194-5. IMP CAE L SEP SEV PERT AVG COS II, laureate head to right / LIBER[...] AVG, Liberalitas standing facing, head to left, holding abacus and cornucopia. Cf. RIC IV 400; cf. Cohen 283; cf. RSC 283a. 2.66gr, 18mm, 5h
Very Fine.
Found on various UK sites since 1974; Property of an Essex collector. -
Divus Constantius I BI Nummus. Died AD 306.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London mint; struck under Constantine I AD 307-310. 1st officina. DIVO CONSTANTIO PIO, laureate, veiled and cuirassed bust to right / MEMORIA FELIX, altar with eagle on either side; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 110; C&T 5.04.010; RML 225. 4.38gr, 26mm, 6h
Very Fine.
Found in Wiltshire, UK, before 1974. -
Barbarouns Imitations of Tetricus BI Antoniniani Group. AD 271-274.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £40
Three barbarous imitations of Tetricus' issue; all from the same dies. 8.44gr total
Acquired 1980-2015; From Abelita family collection.
