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LOT 3016
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 286-293. London mint.
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [PAX] AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; [B] E across fields; MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 121. Very Fine.(3.41gr, 22mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceProperty of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Augustus AE Dupondius. 16 BC. Rome mint. C. Gallius Lupercus, moneyer.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £85
C • GALLIVS • LVPERCVS • III VIR • A • A • A • F • F •, large S C / AVGVSTVS TRIBVNIC POTEST in three lines within wreath. RIC 378; BN 421. 10.22gr, 25mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Group of Eight [8] Roman Imperial AE Coins. 1st-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Bronze denominations of Trajan, Galerius, Lucius Verus, Philip II, Faustina II, Constantine II et al. 68gr total, 28-18mm.
Condition as seen.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
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Roman Bronze Forger's Coin Die. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £1,040
Tiered tapering body, underside with a diademed profile bust facing left, and a worn legend surrounding. 8.51 grams, 17 mm
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
Ancient coin dies are rare survivors into the present and are consequently regarded as significant numismatic objects. The present specimen seems to be the obverse of a Constantinian siliqua.
