LOT 3676
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Treveri mint.
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding branch and sceptre. RIC 399. Good Very Fine. Toned.(3.28gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a London, UK, private collector.
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Claudius II Gothicus BI Antoninianus. Struck circa late AD 268-late AD 269. Antiochia mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £7
IMP C CLAVDIVS AVG radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IVVENTVS AVG, Hercules standing facing, head to left, holding club with his right hand and apple in his left, lion's skin hanging from his left arm; Δ in exergue. RIC V 213; RIC V online 1022; Cohen 136. 3.10gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine. Toned.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282. Antioch mint. 6th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP C M AVR PROBVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CLEMENTIA TEMP, emperor standing to right, holding sceptre and receiving Victory on globe from Jupiter standing to left and holding sceptre; ς between, XXI in exergue. RIC V.2 920. 3.89gr, 23mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the German art market before 2000. Private collection, South Germany. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293. 'C' for Colchester(?) mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £208
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / SAECV[LI F]-ELICIT, Carausius standing to right, wearing helmet and military attire, holding transverse spear and globe in outstretched hand; C in exergue. RIC V.5 2542 var. (obverse legend); RIC V -; Webb -. 3.43gr, 22mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. One of the rarest varieties of Carausius available, seemingly unrecorded and with no other examples on CoinArchives.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
