LOT 3001
Diocletian BI Antoninianus. AD 290-291. Lugdunum mint.
IMP DIOCLETIANVS AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing imperial mantle and holding eagle-tipped sceptre / IOVI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, holding Victory on globe and sceptre, eagle at feet to left; A in exergue. RIC V.2 28. Good Very Fine.(4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a North London, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 272-273. Colonia Agrippinensis mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [CO]MES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm branch. RIC V.2, 56; Cunetio 2602; Elmer 774. 3.41gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 286-293. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / [PAX] AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre; [B] E across fields; MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 121. 3.41gr, 22mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 154-155. Rome mint (or mint in Britain?).
Sold for (Inc. bp): £143
ANTONINVS AVG PIVS P P TR P XVIII, laureate head to right / BRITANNIA COS IIII, Britannia seated to left on rock, resting head on right hand, and resting left hand on rock, round shield and vexillum in background; S C in exergue. RIC III 934; Cohen 117; BMCRE 1971. 12.71gr, 25mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
It has been suggested that the Britannia asses of Antoninus Pius were struck at a mint in the province as significant quantities have been found on Romano-British sites, such as Coventina's Well at Carrawburgh Fort on Hadrian's Wall. However, the enterprise of creating a mint is enormous and out of proportion for such a small issue, the product of quintessentially Roman style die engraving. It is therefore far more likely that this issue was produced in Rome and shipped to Britannia in bulk for distribution.
