LOT 3372
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
'C' (Camulodunum) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS [...], radiate, draped, and cuirassed(?) bust to right / FID[...], Fides standing to left, holding signum in each hand; S P across field, mintmark below. Cf. RIC V 225. Fine.(3.04gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 308-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 315-316. 2nd officina. IMP LIC • LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; eagle at feet with wreath to left, B in right field, •SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 17. 4.05gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex M.D. collection, Brussels. From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum mint. Struck in the name of Postumus, circa early or mid AD 268. 1st officina. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FIDES EQVIT, Fides seated to left, holding patera and standard; P in exergue. RIC V 378 var. (no officina; Postumus); CGE 498 (Postumus); AGK 18c (Postumus); RSC 60 (Postumus). 3.87gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included. -
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Ticinum mint; struck AD 290-292. 3rd officina. IMP C VAL DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, eagle to left, two standards to right; TXXIT in exergue. RIC V.2 228. 3.13gr, 22mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
