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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Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Thessalonika mint; struck AD 320. LICINIVS IVN NOB CAES, laureate and draped bust to left / VIRTVS EXERCIT, vexillum inscribed VOT XX in two lines, two bound captives seated to left and to right at foot; S F across fields, •TS•A• in exergue. RIC VII, 83 var. 3.30gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Rome mint; struck AD 217. IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / PONTIF MAX TR P II COS P P, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt in his right hand and long sceptre in his left. RIC IV.2 28; Cohen -. 2.96gr, 19mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine. Toned.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Nero AR Denarius. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
Rome mint; struck AD 65-66. [NERO CAESAR] AVGVSTVS, laureate head to right / VESTA, hexastyle temple of Vesta with domed roof, set on podium of four steps; within, statue of Vesta seated, holding patera in right hand and long sceptre in left. RIC I 62; RSC 335. 3.46gr, 17mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. A little off-centre.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 21, 31 October 2015, lot 749.
