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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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Divus Antoninus Pius AR Denarius. AD 161. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
DIVVS ANTONINVS, bare head to right / CONSECRATIO, decorated funeral pyre of four tiers, surmounted by quadriga. RIC 436; Cohen 164. 3.23gr, 17mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Quinarius. AD 295-296. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VIRT-VS AVG, galley to left, with Victory to left amid ships; QL in exergue. RIC V.2 58; Burnett 107; Webb 94. 1.52gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Very rare.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, pouring liquid from patera and holding cornucopia; Γ in right field, TS in exergue. RIC 23a. 10.21gr, 29mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
