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LOT 3165
Group of Eight [8] BI Roman Antoniniani. 3rd century AD.
Various emperors. Fine to Good Very Fine.(22.91gr total.). [8]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AE Double Sestertius. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £94
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. [IM]P C M [...]OSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / P M TR P COS II P P, Postumus standing facing, head to right, holding globe with right hand and spear with left. RIC V.2 106 var. (Postumus' head to left on reverse); RIC V.4 97 var. (same); Bastien 67 var. (same). 12.49gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine. Dark olive green patina. Apparently unpublished variant.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London mint. IM[P C CARAVSIVS P F?] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; S C across fields, ML in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 5.30gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing to right in military attire, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left. Cf. RIC V.2 848 (Unattributed). 3.10gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known after RIC example and no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
