LOT 3063
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing to right in military attire, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left. Cf. RIC V.2 848 (Unattributed). Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known after RIC example and no other on the market since the last twenty years.(3.10gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
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Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-328/30.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Antioch mint; struck AD 327-329. 2nd officina. FL HELENA AVGVSTA, diademed and mantled bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing facing, head to left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; •SMANTB in exergue. RIC VII 82. 3.26gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE As. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck 15-10 BC. CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head to right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures, Victories on columns to left and right facing one another; ROM ET AVG in exergue. RIC I 230; BMCRE 550. 11.58gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
![Group of Six [6] Roman Imperial AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/224409-s.jpg)
Group of Six [6] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Various types. 59gr total.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
