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LOT 3900
Group of Seven [7] Carausius AE Antoniniani. AD 286-293.
Comprising: mixed issues and reverse types of coins issued by Carausius. As shown.(24.66gr total, 21-22mm.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 3900
Group of Seven [7] Carausius AE Antoniniani.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
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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. 2.75gr, 24mm, 5h.
Good Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Roman Imperial, Constantine I Terracotta Forger's Casting Mould. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
Incuse of CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / Incuse of IOVI CONSERVATORI AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding Victory on globe in his right hand and long sceptre in his left; palm in left field, Z in right, SMN in exergue. For obverse cf. RIC VII 101 (obverse of Nummus of Constantine I, Thessalonica); for reverse cf. (reverse of Nummus of Licinius I, Nicomedia). 4.63gr, 27mm, 3h.
Condition as seen.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Antoninus Pius AE As. AD 138. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP T AEL CAES HADRI ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, bare head to right / P M TR POT COS DES II, Pax standing to left, holding branch and cornucopia. RIC III 526a. 10.11gr, 30mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
