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LOT 3800
Group of Two [2] Carausius AE Antoniniani. AD 286-293.
Various types. Near Very Fine.(6.59gr total.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Treveri mint; struck AD 260. IMP C POSTVMVS [...] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIC[T]ORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. Cf. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); cf. RSC 377a (Lugdunum). 3.22gr, 22mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Flan crack at 4h.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Colonia Agrippinensis mint; struck AD 272-273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / COMES AVG, Victory standing to left, holding wreath and palm. RIC V.2 56; Cohen 17. 2.35gr, 19mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
Local imitation. IMP TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate bust to right / Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch with right hand and sceptre with left. For prototype, cf. RIC V.2 100. 3.11gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s.
