LOT 3754
Divus Carus BI Antoninianus. Struck under Carinus, May-June AD 284. Antioch mint.
DIVO CARO AVG, radiate head to right / CONSECRATIO, garlanded altar; Δ in right field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 127. Good Very Fine.(3.55gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
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Gaius (Caligula) AE Quadrans. AD 40-41. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
C CAESAR DIVI AVG PRO N AVG, pileus between S C / COS TERT PON M TR P IIII P P around R CC. RIC 52; Cohen 7; BMC 64. 2.74gr, 17mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Edge chipped.
London, UK, art market, 1980s. Private collection, London, UK. -
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 312. Heraclea mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C VAL LICIN LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing to left, chlamys across shoulder, holding Victory on globe and leaning on sceptre; at feet, eagle standing to left, with wreath in beak; Δ in right field, SMHT in exergue. RIC VI 73. 3.75gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274. Uncertain mint. Contemporary imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
[...] TETRICVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / P[...] AVG, Pax standing to left, holding branch and cornucopia. For a similar type cf. RIC 100. 3.60gr, 20mm, 10h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
