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LOT 3014
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Rotomagus mint.
IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [TVT]-ELA, Tutela standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; altar to left. RIC V.2 684; Webb 769. Near Very Fine.(4.17gr, 21mm, 4h.).
ProvenanceFound Stafford, Staffordshire, UK.
Property of a Manchester, UK, private collector.
Private collection, UK.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. Rotomagus mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [TVT]-ELA, Tutela standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia; altar to left. RIC V.2 684; Webb 769. 4.17gr, 21mm, 4h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Stafford, Staffordshire, UK. Property of a Manchester, UK, private collector. Private collection, UK. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 264-265. Antioch mint.
Estimate: £120 - 170 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £60
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / MINERVA AVG, Minerva standing to right, holding shield and spear; palm in exergue. RIC V 651; MIR 36, 1634d; RSC 632. 3.41gr, 21mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Fully silvered.
From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.33. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 306. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
D N DIOCLETIANO FELICISS SEN AVG, laureate bust to right, wearing imperial mantle, holding olive branch and mappa / PROVIDENT DEOR QVIES AVGG, Providentia standing to right, extending hand to Quies standing to left, holding branch and leaning on sceptre; S-F across fields, R(wreath)Q(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 131a. 9.28gr, 30mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
