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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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £105
Rome mint; struck AD 202-210. SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 266; BMCRE 335-8 (Septimius & Caracalla); RSC 222. 3.42gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine. Beautifully toned.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Nicomedia mint; struck AD 317-320. 2nd officina. D N FL CL CONSTANTINVS NOB C, laureate and draped bust to left, globe and sceptre in left hand, mappa in right / [P]ROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys over left shoulder, holding Victory on globe with right hand and leaning on sceptre with left; palm branch in left field, pellet over B in right; SMN in exergue. RIC VII 35. 2.65gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 307/310-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Treveri mint; struck AD 323-324. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / SARMATIA DEVICTA, Victory, holding trophy and palm, advancing to right towards captive seated on ground to right, looking to left; PTR(crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 435 corr. (palm). 3.963gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
