LOT 3752
Carus BI Antoninianus. AD 282-283. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
IMP C M AVR CARVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGGG, Carus standing to right, holding parazonium, receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter, standing to left, leaning on sceptre; star in upper central field, B in lower central field, XXI in exergue. RIC 125. Good Very Fine.(3.58gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Tacitus BI Antoninianus. Struck November-December AD 275. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP C CL TACITVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales in her right hand and cornucopia in her left. RIC 14; Bastien 26; CBN 1403-5. 4.23gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 320. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / DOMINOR NOSTROR CAESS / VOT / X / crescent in three lines; all within wreath, PT below. RIC 176. 3.02gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. With fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Diva Faustina I AR Denarius. Struck after AD 141. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust to right / AETERNITAS, Juno(?) standing facing, head to left, extending right hand and holding long sceptre with left. RIC III 344 (Pius); BMCRE 345 (Pius); RSC 26. 2.88gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
