LOT 3179
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Uncertain mint (Camulodunum?). IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Mars standing to right, holding spear in his right hand and placing his left on shield set on ground. RIC 1038; Cohen 391. Very Fine.(3.39gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
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Gratian AE 14mm. AD 367-383.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 378-383. 1st officina. D N GRATIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VOT XX MVLT XXX in four lines within wreath; ANTA below. RIC IX 58a. 1.06gr, 14mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Crispina, Augusta AE Sestertius. AD 178-182.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £247
Rome mint; struck AD 180-182. CRISPINA AVG IMP COMMODI AVG, draped bust to right / [S]ALVS, Salus seated to left, feeding from patera snake coiled around altar; S C across field. RIC III 672b (Commodus); Cohen 32; BMCRE 423 (Commodus). 19.28gr, 28mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Attractive green highlights on light brown patina.
Ex London, Mayfair, UK, collection. Accompanied by old collector's envelope noting 'Lot Brass / Crispina / wife of Commodus / AD 180 / Rev SALVS / L354 / 1/7/35'. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 318-319.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Rome mint. CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to right on shield, holding another shield inscribed X V in two lines; P R across fields, RT in exergue. RIC VII 146. 3.43gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
