LOT 3180
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Rotomagus (Rouen) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / TVT[...]VG, Tutela standing to left, holding cornucopia and sacrificing out of patera over lighted altar to left. Cf. RIC V.2 682. Near Very Fine.(3.20gr, 18mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound whilst searching with a metal detector near Eynsham, Oxfordshire, UK, before 1996.
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Group of Fifty-Eight [58] Roman AE Coins. Circa 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £169
Various emperors. 131gr total.
Condition as seen.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 335.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £31
Antioch mint. CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, each holding spear, two standards between; SMANΔ in exergue. RIC VII 86. 2.02gr, 18mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Private collection, acquired 1980–1985. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 98-117.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £286
Rome mint; struck AD 113-114. IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.27gr, 20mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine/Near Extremely Fine. Coin stored in square coin capsule.
Ex Bertolami Fine Arts - ACR Auctions, 5 December 2011, no.961. Ex ACR ArtCoins Roma, 20 May 2015, no.3192. Accompanied by Certificate of Authenticity and Provenance.
