LOT 3628
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 291. 'SP' mint.
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; S P across fields. RIC V.5 3271. Near Very Fine.(3.27gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the early 2000s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Constantius II, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 335. Antioch mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
FL IVL CONSTANTIVS NOB C, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing facing, looking inwards, each holding spear and resting hand on shield; two standards between them, SMANH in exergue. RIC VII 88. 2.28gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, 2006. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 117, 22 February 2024, lot 1329. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-224. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, naked except for chlamys over right arm and left shoulder, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC IV 141; BMCRE 56; RSC 70. 4.10gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Elagabalus AE 18mm of Laodicea ad Mare, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 218-222.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
[IMP C M AVR] ANTONINVS, laureate head to right / LADI[CEON], draped bust of Tyche to right within distyle arched shrine; Δ E below. RPC VI Online 8152 (temporary); BMC 99 & 103; Lindgren I 2100A. 3.33gr, 18mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2008. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
