LOT 3363
Maximian BI Antoninianus. First reign, AD 286-305.
Rome mint; struck AD 285-286. 1st officina. IMP MAXIMIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT AVGG, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre; XXIA in exergue. RIC V.2 506. Extremely Fine. Double struck.(3.51gr, 24mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Den of Antiquity, Cambridgeshire, UK.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
London mint; struck March AD 291 - October 292. IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX [AVG], Pax standing to left, holding olive-branch and transverse sceptre; S in left field, P in right field, MLXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 118; Webb 139. 3.17gr, 24mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
'C' (Camulodunum?) mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch and sceptre; S P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 321. 4.69gr, 22mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020). -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 260-269.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 261. IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG, galley to left. RIC V.2 73 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 57; RSC 167a (Lugdunum). 3.83gr, 21mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Rare.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman; collector's ticket included.
