LOT 3178
Carausius Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Rotomagus (Rouen) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [TVT]-ELA, Tutela standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; altar to left. RIC V.2 684; Webb 769. Near Very Fine.(4.17gr, 20mm, 5h.).
ProvenanceFound Stafford, Staffordshire, UK.
Property of a Manchester, UK, private collector.
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Group of Sixteen [16] Roman Imperial AR Coins. 1st-3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £338
Including an Antoninianus of Postumus. 49gr total.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Uncertain mint. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.26gr, 17mm.
Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. -
Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 293-311.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £14
Cyzicus mint; struck circa AD 309-310. 4th officina. GAL VAL-ERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI V-ICTRICI, Venus standing to left, holding apple and drapery; Δ and star across fields, MKV in exergue. RIC VI 58. 5.96gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985.
