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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Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi. 3rd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Various emperors. 42.99gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Constantius I, as Caesar, AR Argenteus. AD 295-296. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £130
CONSTANTIVS CAES, laureate head to right / VIRTVS MILITVM, four tetrarchs sacrificing over tripod before city enclosure with six turrets; A in exergue. RIC VI 42a; RSC 314†b. 3.30gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 268. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter walking to left, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 311. 3.01gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
