LOT 3368
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / APOLLINI CONS, griffin walking to left; MSC in exergue. RIC V 196. Fair. Very rare.(3.32gr, 21mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Siscia mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. CONSTAN-TINVS AVG, laureate head to right / D N CONSTANTINI MAX AVG, VOT • XX in three lines within laurel wreath, jewel at apex; ΓSIS in exergue. RIC VII 148. 2.62gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Magnentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Lugdunum mint. 1st officina. D N MAGNENTIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories standing facing one another, together holding shield inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; SV below, RPLG• in exergue. RIC VIII 128. 5.67gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2010; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Trajan AE Semis. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Rome mint; struck AD 109. [IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN] AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery(?) on far shoulder / Lupa Romana (she-wolf) at bay to left; S C in exergue. Cf. RIC II 694 (quadrans). 3.02gr, 17mm, 4h.
Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
