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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Elagabalus AR Denarius. AD 220-222. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory flying to right, holding garland, shield at either side of feet; star in right field. RIC IV 161; BMCRE 235; RSC 300. 3.12gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Gordian III AE Sestertius. AD 241-244. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AETERNA, Pax running to left, holding branch and sceptre; in field, S C. RIC IV 319a; Cohen 169. 20.23gr, 30mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius I AE Nummus. AD 316. Trier mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right / GENIO POP ROM, Genius standing left, holding patera and cornucopiae, T-S across field, BTR in exergue. RIC 120. 3.35gr, 20mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. With a fine dark patina.
Property of a London, UK, private collector.
