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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LOT 3535
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
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Hadrian AR Denarius. Struck AD 119-120. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP CAESAR TRAIAN HADRIANVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / P M TR P COS III, Pietas standing to right, raising hands; VOT PVB across fields. RIC II.3 199; BMCRE 324; RSC 1477. 3.03gr, 19mm, 7h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Found Gloucestershire, UK. -
Helena, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 327-329. Heraclea mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
FL HELENA AVGVSTA, pearl-diademed and draped bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICE, Securitas standing to left, lowering branch and raising robe with right hand; •SMHЄ in exergue. RIC VII 95; LRBC 893. 2.84gr, 18mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 218-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / SVMMVS SACERDOS AVG, emperor in Syrian robes standing to left, sacrificing from patera over tripod and holding branch; star in left field. RIC IV 146; BMCRE 232; RSC 276. 3.63gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
