Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 777 Numistats ref: 673266
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Roman Imperial
Category
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 2.94 g, 9h). Uncertain mint. IMP [...]VSIVS P F AV, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [A]DVEN T VS, Carausius on horseback riding left, raising right hand and holding transverse scepter in left, trampling captive with hands bound behind his back below to left; thunderbolt in exergue. RIC V.5 747 (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V 1075 (this coin cited; cites Selborne); P. Webb, “The Reign and Coinage of Carausius” in NC 1907, 1210 (this coin cited; cites Selborne); CHRB III, 20263 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 8); Malcolm Lyne, “Some New Coin Types of Carausius and Allectus and the History of the British Provinces: AD 286-296” in NC 2003, p. 159 and pl. 27, 19 (this coin). Dark green-brown patina. VF. Unique. Overstruck on an INVICTVS type of Victorinus. The thunderbolt misdescribed by Webb and the authors of RIC but correctly identified and confirmed to be the same coin by Bland and Shiel in CHRB. Perhaps belonging to a continental mint, attributed by some to Rotomagus (Rouen).
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 15 February 2002. Ex Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins (Christie’s, 9 December 1975), lot 251; Blackmoor, Selborne, October 1873 Hoard (IRBCH 914). Description
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 15 February 2002. Ex Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins (Christie’s, 9 December 1975), lot 251; Blackmoor, Selborne, October 1873 Hoard (IRBCH 914). Description
VF
Grade
431.44 EUR
Starting
719.06 EUR
Estimate
EUR
Realized