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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Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
London mint; struck AD 311-312. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing facing, head to left, wearing modius, holding patera and cornucopia; star in right field, PLN in exergue. RIC VI 209b; C&T 7.05.011; RML 413. 3.63gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK. Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 330. 2nd officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, holding inverted spears and leaning on shields, two standards between them; RFS in exergue. RIC VII 328. 2.40gr, 18mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Siscia mint; struck AD 276-282. 4th officina. IMP C M AVR PROBVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / CONSERVAT AVG, Sol standing to left, right hand raised, left holding globe; XXIQ in exergue. RIC V.2 671. 4.52gr, 23mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
