LOT 3629
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-290. Uncertain mint (Londinium?).
[IMP CARA]VSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust(?) to right / [SALVS A]VG, Salus standing facing, head to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC V.5 1552e. Near Very Fine.(3.58gr, 20mm, 3h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the early 2000s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3629
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £20 - 30€23 - 35 (for guidance only)$27 - 41 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERM, trophy between two seated captives; R(thunderbolt)A in exergue. RIC V.2 223. 4.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-288. Uncertain mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC V.5 1297(l). 2.82gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the early 2000s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Herennia Etruscilla BI Antoninianus. AD 249-251. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
HER ETRVSCILLA A[VG], diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / PVDICITIA AVG, Pudicitia standing to left, drawing veil and holding sceptre. RIC IV 58b (Decius); RSC 17. 2.50gr, 23mm, 11h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 1056. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
