LOT 2882
Marcus Aurelius AR Denarius. AD 161-180.
Rome mint; struck AD 164-165. ANTONINVS AVG ARMENIACVS, laureate head to right / P M TR P XIX IMP II COS III, Annona standing to left, emptying cornucopia into modius, foot on globe. RIC III 125; BMCRE 359; RSC 474. Near Very Fine.(2.68gr, 17mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceEx Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s.
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Ticinum mint; struck AD 320. 3rd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / DOMINORVM NOSTRORVM CAESS, VOT ✷ V in two lines within wreath; star; T T in exergue. RIC VII 135 var. (unlisted officina). 2.74gr, 18mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Original silvering almost fully intact. Extremely rare; unpublished officina with only three other examples on CoinArchives.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
London mint. IM[P C CARAVSIVS P F?] AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right hand and transverse sceptre with left; S C across fields, ML in exergue. Cf. RIC V.2 98. 5.30gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare variant.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Aureolus, Romano-Gallic Usurper BI Antoninianus. AD 268-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Mediolanum mint; struck AD 267-268. In the name and types of Postumus. IMP POSTVMVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORD EQ[VIT], Concordia standing to left, holding patera and rudder, foot on prow of ship; [S?] in exergue. RIC V.2 373. 3.00gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
