LOT 3660
Licinius I BI Nummus. AD 314. Rome mint. 1st officina.
IMP LICINIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SOLI INVICTO COMITI, Sol, nude but for chlamys, standing facing, head to left, raising his right hand in salute and holding globe in his left; R F across fields, R(star)P in exergue. RIC VII 22. Very Fine. Beautiful green patina. Rare with this bust.(2.85gr, 22mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceFrom a UK collection formed in the early 2000s.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 291-292. London mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch and vertical sceptre, B E across field; MLX[XI] in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 3.27gr, 23mm, 1h.
Near Very Fine. Pierced.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and vertical sceptre with left. Cf. RIC V.5 1236d. 2.49gr, 20mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 266-267. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SERAPI COMITI AVG, Serapis standing to left, raising hand and holding sceptre. RIC V.2 329 var. (Colonia Agrippinensis, reverse type); Elmer 383; RSC 360a. 3.26gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
