LOT 3692
Group of Four [4] Carausius BI Antoniniani. AD 286-293.
Various types. Condition as seen.(15.15gr total.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper, BI Antoninianus. Struck mid AD 268. Mediolanum mint. In the name of Postumus. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust of Postumus to right / CONCORD EQVIT, Concordia standing to left, holding patera with right hand and rudder with left; her right foot on prow of galley to left; S in exergue. RIC V.2 (Postumus) 373; RIC V.4 446; AGK (Postumus) 6a. 3.24gr, 20mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 295-296. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia, from which liquor flows; KA in exergue. RIC VI 9b. 10.43gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 303-305. Serdica mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, with modius on head and chlamys over shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; Є in right field, •SM•SD• in exergue. Cf. RIC VI 3a (pellet at beginning of exergual legend). 8.76gr, 27mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
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