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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Nero Claudius Drusus Fourrée Denarius. Died 9 BC. Lugdunum mint. Possibly a British imitation.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, head of Nero Claudius Drusus to left, wearing oak wreath / Triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue to right between two trophies with seated and bound captives, the rider holding spear in his right hand; above and on architrave, DE GERM. For prototype: RIC 70; BMC 97; CBN 3; Cohen 2. 2.77gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 227. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / P M TR P VI COS II P P, Pax running to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC IV 67; BMCRE 422; RSC 319. 2.07gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. Struck summer AD 217-early AD 218. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Bids: 2 | Current Bid: £10
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS PVBLICA, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent, rising from altar, out of patera with her right hand and holding long sceptre in her left. RIC 86; BMC 26; Cohen -, cf. 116 (draped and cuirassed). 2.80gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
