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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Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed bust r. / VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, holding apple and raising drapery over shoulder. RIC 74. 5.68gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 325. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE CAESS, camp gate with no doors and two turrets, star above; PLON in exergue. RIC VII 296; C&T 10.02.004. 2.86gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Uncertain mint. Local imitation.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C PO[...]MVS P F A[...], radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / Illegible inscription, standing figure to left, holding sceptre and uncertain object; pellet in exergue. 2.10gr, 23mm, 10h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
