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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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 322-324. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANT-INVS AG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left / BEAT TRA-NQLITAS, banded globe set on altar inscribed VOT•IS XX in three lines; three stars above, F B in fields; PLON below. RIC VII 246; C&T 9.06.016. 2.58gr, 19mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Suffolk, UK, gentleman, early 2000s. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 201-206. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust 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 130a; BMCRE 280; RSC 97. 3.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing to right, placing her right foot on low base and inscribing shield set on her knee with VOT X. RIC IV 219 var. (no drapery; foot on helmet); BMC 638 var. (same); Cohen -. 2.74gr, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
