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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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS II P P, emperor in military attire standing to left, holding globe and spear. RIC V.2 54 (Lugdunum). 2.41gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Trajan AR Denarius. Struck AD 113-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate and draped bust to right / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera and corn ears. RIC II 275; BMCRE 429-430; Woytek 421v; RSC 398. 3.23gr, 20mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. Struck AD 201-210. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £156
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding tympanum and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 267; Cohen 219. 3.40gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
