LOT 2963
Salonina BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268.
Antioch mint; struck AD 264-265. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / CERERI AVG, Ceres seated to left, holding ears of corn and torch; palm frond below. RIC V 90 var. (nothing in exergue); MIR 36, 1637e; RSC 22a corr. (rev. legend). Near Extremely Fine.(3.52gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
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Victorinus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269-271.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Treveri mint; struck AD 269-270. IMP C VICTORINVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from front / INV-I-CTVS, Sol advancing to left, raising right hand and holding whip with left; star in left field. RIC V.2 114 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 521. 3.87gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Acquired on the UK art market before 2000. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 276-282.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £42
Rome mint; struck AD 281. 4th officina. PROBVS P F AVG, radiate bust to left, wearing Imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by eagle with left hand / ROMAE AETER, Roma seated in hexastyle temple holding Victory in right hand and sceptre with left; R(thunderbolt)Δ in exergue. RIC V.2 187; probuscoins.fr 239 & 1104; MPR 484. 3.68gr, 23mm, 11h.
Very Fine - Good Very Fine. Much silvering remains.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £572
Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / MARS VLTOR, Mars advancing to right in military attire, holding spear in his right hand and shield in his left. Cf. RIC V.2 848 (Unattributed). 3.10gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine. Beautiful olive green patina. Exceedingly rare; apparently the second known after RIC example and no other on the market since the last twenty years.
Ex Lincolnshire, UK, collection.
