LOT 3696
Group of Seven [7] Roman and Other AE Coins. 2nd-18th century AD.
Comprising: a 2nd-century Sestertius and four other 3rd-4th century Roman coins, a cast coin with a star and a George III Halfpenny dated 1799. As shown.(53.27gr total, 17-31mm.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990.
Property of an Essex lady until the late 1990s; thence by descent.
From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 268. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippinensis). 3.16gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Rome mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
PROBVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERM, trophy between two seated captives; R(thunderbolt)A in exergue. RIC V.2 223. 4.06gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From a UK private collection. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Circa AD 287-288. Uncertain mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
IMP CAR[...] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX [AVG], Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in her right hand and transverse sceptre in her left. Cf. RIC 895; cf. RIC V.5 1297(l). 4.88gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Attractive olive green patina.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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