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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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Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe. RIC IV 83; RSC 41. 4.01gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a London, UK, private collector. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. After AD 320. Contemporary imitation of an issue from Siscia.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CNSNNN-NNNNSNNC, laureate head to right / CNNCVVVVCCTNONIN, wreath containing VOT • B in two lines; ЄSIS✱ in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC 163. 2.55gr, 18mm, 5h.
Very Fine.
From an early 20th century collection. Acquired on the UK art market, early 2000s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. AD 170-171. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £416
IMP M ANTONINVS AVG TR P XXV, laureate head to right / PRIMI DECENNALES COS III S C in five lines within oak wreath. RIC III 1006; BMCRE 1398; Banti 241. 27.15gr, 32mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Apparently overstruck on uncertain type.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. Acquired from David Miller, April 2014.
