LOT 4170
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 290-293. 'C' mint.
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVID AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton and cornucopia, globe at feet; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 -; RPC V.5 3027. Good Very Fine. Very rare.(4.85gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market in the 1980s.
From an East Anglian private collection.
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LOT 4170
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus.
Estimate £300 - 400€350 - 460 (for guidance only)$410 - 540 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£150 (EUR 174; USD 203) +BP*
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Leo I AV Solidus. AD 462-473. Thessalonica mint.
Estimate: £700 - 900 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £375
D N LEO PE-RPET AVG, pearl-diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust facing slightly to right, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORI-A AVGGG, Victory standing to left, holding long jewelled cross; star in left and right fields, THSOB in exergue. RIC X 618; Depeyrot 59/1. 4.40gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
From a UK collection formed in the 1980s. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Siscia mint. 5th officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
CONSTANTINVS AVG, helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding spear and shield / VICT LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing each other, holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar inscribed S; •ЄSIS• in exergue. RIC VII 84. 3.34gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Ex Baldwin's, London, UK, August 1987. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). 4.68gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
