LOT 3535
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 291-292. London mint.
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre, B E across field; MLXXI in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.(3.12gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
Acquired from the early 1980s.
From the private collection of a late Gloucestershire, UK, gentleman; thence by descent.
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Trajan AE Sestertius. AD 100. Rome mint.
Estimate: £150 - 200 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £50
IMP CAES NERVA TRAIAN AVG GERM P M, laureate head to right / TR POT [COS] III P P, Pax seated to left, holding branch and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC II 413; Cohen 624; BMCRE 731 note; Woytek 76a. 29.37gr, 34mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Numerian BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 283. Lugdunum mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP C M AVR NVMERIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / M[ARS] VICTOR, Mars advancing to right, holding transverse spear and trophy; C in right field. RIC V.2 386; Cohen 24. 3.76gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Severus II BI Nummus. AD 306-307. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C FLA VAL SEVERVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, modius on head to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquid flows; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30. 9.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
