Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4
Date: 2025-01-14 15:00:00 (2 weeks from now)
Lots: 1152
Total starting: $ 3,093,540.00
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Auction Summary
La subasta "Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4", programada para el 14 de enero de 2025, presenta una impresionante colección de 1152 lotes, destacando monedas de diversas épocas y regiones. Entre las piezas más notables se encuentra un estater de plata de Arkadia, datado entre 360-350 a.C., que muestra un magnífico retrato de Deméter y Hermes, con un precio estimado de 180,000 USD. También se destaca un denario de Bruto, famoso por conmemorar el asesinato de Julio César, que se ofrece por 150,000 USD, siendo considerado uno de los más icónicos de la numismática romana. Otro ejemplar notable es un estater de oro de Nektanebo II de Egipto, que representa un caballo y un collar jeroglífico, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Además, se presenta un dekadrachm de Siracusa, que es considerado uno de los más bellos de la antigüedad, con un precio de 60,000 USD. Estas monedas no solo son valiosas por su rareza y belleza, sino que también representan momentos significativos de la historia antigua, lo que las convierte en piezas de gran interés para coleccionistas y estudiosos.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 759
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (24.5mm, 3.29 g, 7h). Londinium (London) mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust right / MARS V LTOR, Mars, helmeted and wearing military attire, advancing right, holding transverse spear in right hand and shield on left arm; B|E//WLXXI. RIC V.5 2100 (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V 89 (this coin cited; cites Webb); P. Webb, “The Reign and Coinage of Carausius” in NC 1907, 115 (this coin cited; cites Selborne); CHRB III, 20150 (this coin, illustrated on pl. 7) = Lord Selborne, “On a Hoard of Roman Coins Found at Blackmoor, Hants” in NC 1877, p. 144, 75 and pl. I, 14 (this coin). Dark brown patina, light roughness. VF. Unique. The only example noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 16 February 2012. Ex Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins (Christie’s, 9 December 1975), lot 204; Blackmoor, Selborne, October 1873 Hoard (IRBCH 914).
The ‘M’ in the usual MLXXI mint mark was accidentally inverted on the die that was used here. This coin is one of only twenty-four to be illustrated in Selborne’s original 1877 article with a line drawing out of the entire hoard of 29,802 coins.
The first group from this outstanding collection appeared in Triton XXVII followed by highlight selections in CNG 126 and 127 as well as Electronic Auctions. This is a subsequent offering of coins from this very impressive collection of British issues which includes a plethora of outstanding examples and incredible rarities of the Romano-British usurpers Carausius and Allectus. These coins are almost exclusively extremely rare or very rare. Furthermore, many unique coins are being offered here as well. Consequently, headers denoting rarity have been forgone in this section. Classical Numismatic Group would once again like to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Sam Moorhead for the updated forthcoming RIC V.5 reference numbers and rarity information for these coins.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 16 February 2012. Ex Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins (Christie’s, 9 December 1975), lot 204; Blackmoor, Selborne, October 1873 Hoard (IRBCH 914).
The ‘M’ in the usual MLXXI mint mark was accidentally inverted on the die that was used here. This coin is one of only twenty-four to be illustrated in Selborne’s original 1877 article with a line drawing out of the entire hoard of 29,802 coins.
The first group from this outstanding collection appeared in Triton XXVII followed by highlight selections in CNG 126 and 127 as well as Electronic Auctions. This is a subsequent offering of coins from this very impressive collection of British issues which includes a plethora of outstanding examples and incredible rarities of the Romano-British usurpers Carausius and Allectus. These coins are almost exclusively extremely rare or very rare. Furthermore, many unique coins are being offered here as well. Consequently, headers denoting rarity have been forgone in this section. Classical Numismatic Group would once again like to extend our sincere thanks to Dr. Sam Moorhead for the updated forthcoming RIC V.5 reference numbers and rarity information for these coins.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 760
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (20mm, 4.42 g, 12h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ADVE N T VS AVG, Carausius, wearing military attire, on horseback riding left, raising right hand and holding transverse scepter in left; bound seated captive to lower left; RSR. RIC V.5 26 (forthcoming); RIC V 535; RSC 5; Shiel p. 99, 4. Toned, slight die wear, minor old scratches and marks. Good VF. Very rare. Eleven examples noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 835.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 40 (16 May 2007), lot 835.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 761
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (19.5mm, 2.61 g, 12h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CARAVSIVS AVG, laureate and trabeate bust left, holding eagle-tipped scepter in right hand / CONCORDIA MI LITVM, Concordia, draped, standing right, holding long vertical scepter in left hand, clasping right hands with Carausius, wearing military attire, standing left, holding spear in left hand; RSR. RIC V.5 63 (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V –; RSC –; Shiel –. Toned, find patina, slight roughness, minor area of weakness. VF. Unique. The only example noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 15 February 2005.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 15 February 2005.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 762
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (18mm, 4.24 g, 6h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CAR[AVSIVS P F] AV, laureate and draped bust right / EXPECTATE VENI, Britannia, draped, standing right, holding standard in left hand and clasping right hands with Carausius, wearing military attire and holding spear in left hand, standing left; RSR. RIC V.5 68 (forthcoming); RIC V 555; RSC 37; Shiel p. 105, 35. Toned, a few minor old marks and scratches under tone, die shift on obverse. Good VF. Very rare. Eleven examples noted in RIC V.5. The die shift causing the middle portion of the obverse legend to be somewhat blundered.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s 7 April 2003.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s 7 April 2003.
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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (19mm, 3.35 g, 1h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CARAVS INVICTVS A, laureate and draped bust right / EXPECTATE V INI, Britannia, draped, standing right, holding standard in left hand and clasping right hands with Carausius standing left, holding scepter in left hand; RSR. RIC V.5 75 (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V – but cf. 554 (for similar issue); RSC – but cf. 39 (same); Shiel – but cf. p. 104, 30 (same). Toned, light cleaning scratches. Good VF. Unique. The only example noted in RIC V.5. With a very interesting obverse legend.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Áureo & Calicó 361 (18 February 2021), lot 167.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Áureo & Calicó 361 (18 February 2021), lot 167.
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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.70 g, 6h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ORIE NS AVG, Sol, radiate and nude but for chlamys draped over shoulders, standing slightly right, head left, raising right hand and holding globe in left; RSR. RIC V.5 107 (forthcoming); RIC V 570; RSC 74 (same dies as illustration); Shiel p. 110, 63-4 (same dies as illustrated examples on pl. K). Toned, porosity, light cleaning scratches, slightly off center on reverse. VF. Extremely rare. Only four examples noted in RIC V.5. An excellent example for this difficult issue.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Gordon S. Parry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 79, 17 September 2008), lot 1218; New York Sale I (3 December 1998), lot 350.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Gordon S. Parry Collection (Classical Numismatic Group 79, 17 September 2008), lot 1218; New York Sale I (3 December 1998), lot 350.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 765
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 3.76 g, 6h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P E AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ROMANO RENOVA, She-wolf standing right, head facing, suckling the twins (Romulus and Remus); RSR. RIC V.5 139 (forthcoming); RIC V 572; RSC 90; Shiel p. 113, 80 (same rev. die as illustration on pl. L). Toned, light roughness, cleaning scratches. VF. Extremely rare. Only two examples noted in RIC V.5. This coin shares a reverse die-link with an aureus in the Bibliothèque nationale (RIC V.5 6).
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 25 November 2011.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 25 November 2011.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 766
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (17mm, 2.91 g, 12h). ‘RSR’ mint. [IMP] CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / TEMP ORVM FELICI[T], Felicitas, draped, standing left, holding long caduceus in right hand and cornucopia in left; RS[R]. RIC V.5 151 note (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V –; RSC –; Shiel –. Lightly toned, scratches and marks, doubling on reverse, edge chipping. VF. Extremely rare reverse type.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 143 (12 December 2017), lot 1666.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 143 (12 December 2017), lot 1666.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 767
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (19mm, 4.46 g, 6h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate and draped bust right / VIRT CARAVSI AVG, lion walking left, holding thunderbolt in its mouth; RSR. RIC V.5 166 (forthcoming); RIC V –; RSC –; Shiel –. Toned, minor marks and old scrape under tone. VF. Extremely rare. Only three examples noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Künker 312 (8 October 2018), lot 2991 (hammer €9,000).
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Künker 312 (8 October 2018), lot 2991 (hammer €9,000).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 768
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 3.86 g, 12h). ‘RSR’ mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AV, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, Carausius on horseback riding left, raising right hand and holding transverse scepter in left; RSR. RIC V.5 586 (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V –. Dark green patina, light roughness and cleaning scratches. VF. Unique. The only example noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 8 (5 February 2003), lot 482.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 8 (5 February 2003), lot 482.
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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (24.5mm, 3.99 g, 6h). ‘C’ mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / CONSERVATOR AVG, Neptune seated left on rock, holding anchor set on ground to left in right hand and cradling trident in left arm; C. RIC V.5 2329 (forthcoming); cf. RIC V 214 (for similar issue). Dark brown patina, light roughness. Good VF. Extremely rare. Only three examples noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 16 February 2012.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 16 February 2012.
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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (19mm, 3.81 g, 6h). ‘C’ mint (?). IMP C M CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust right / MONIT[A AVG] [sic], Moneta, draped, standing left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopia in left; Q(L inverted) (?) or (C retrograde) (?). RIC V.5 (2447) note (forthcoming; this coin, illustrated); RIC V 292 (this coin cited; cites Webb; attributed to the ‘C’ mint); P. Webb, “The Reign and Coinage of Carausius” in NC 1907, 343 (this coin cited; cites Selborne; attributed to the ‘C’ mint); CHRB III, 20305 corr. (mint mark and rev. legend; attributed to the uncertain mint) = Lord Selborne, “On a Hoard of Roman Coins Found at Blackmoor, Hants,” in NC 1877, p. 144, 80 (this coin; attributed to the London mint). Dark brown patina. VF. Unique. The only example noted in RIC V.5. Published first in the 1877 NC and subsequently in: NC 1907, RIC V 1933, CHRB III 1982, and in the forthcoming RIC V.5.
Ex Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 15 October 2003; Blackmoor, Selborne, October 1873 Hoard (IRBCH 914).
This unique antoninianus of Carausius has caused catalogers over the last 150 years some difficulty to classify appropriately due to its enigmatic mint mark. From the desirable 1873 Blackmoor Hoard, which contained 545 coins of Carausius, this coin was among the few selected by Lord Selborne for publication in his NC 1877 catalog due to its interesting properties. Namely, among the criteria, that the type was unpublished in the then recently released Volume VII of Cohen’s Monnaies Romaine (1868). Cataloged on page 144 of Selborne’s article as no. 80, Selborne read the mint mark as QL and consequently attributed the coin to the London mint. However, while a mint mark is present on the coin, it is difficult to read fully and appears most closely to an OΓ insofar as it is intelligible. The ‘O’ appears fully enclosed and thus can only read ‘O’ or ‘Q’ if the serif of the ‘Q’ is off flan. Selborne elected to read the second letter as an inverted ‘L’.
The coin, appearing next in Percy Webb’s comprehensive Carausius catalog for the 1907 NC, is cataloged on page 200 as no. 343. There, without further explanation, Webb placed the coin with the ‘C’ mint and simply cited Selborne while additionally providing the coin’s diameter. Webb repeated this cataloging for his portion of the old RIC V.2 in 1933. There Webb cites the coin on page 489 as no. 292 and refers readers back to his 1907 catalog.
The coin next appears in Roger Bland’s 1982 CHRB III. Norman Shiel provided the cataloging for the Carausius and Allectus portion of the catalog and he cataloged the coin on page 71 as no. 20305 alongside the “unmarked series,” which he speculates could be the earliest London mint issues in footnote 236 on page 71. However, while providing the full legends, bust type, diameter, weight, and die axis for the coin, he appears to have missed the letters in the exergue as he makes no mention of them. He places the coin next to 20305A which is Selborne’s Blackmoor Hoard no. 79 which features the same reverse legend error of MONITA for MONETA as the present coin. However, Shiel corrects Selborne and Webb (no. 866 in RIC V.2) by deleting the second ‘G’ out of the reverse legend for that coin. Since that coin does belong to the unmarked series, this makes logical sense, however, Shiel does err in failing to note the exergue letters on the present specimen.
Consequently, this very coin has been cataloged at three different mints by the respective authors of the reference material and authorities on the subject: Selborne at London, Webb at the ‘C’ mint, and Shiel at the unmarked British mint. This last attribution can be safely corrected without controversy. However, where to catalog the coin today is somewhat a matter of perspective. Bringing the coin up to date, Dr. Moorhead has elected to footnote the coin next to the retrograde ‘C’ mint MONETA issues in the forthcoming RIC V.5. Though Dr. Moorhead’s no. 2447 is in parentheses to denote that the coin is unclear.
While this specific coin has caused catalogers some consternation over the last century and a half, this phenomenon is simply reflective of the reality and challenges of cataloging the fascinating coinage of the British usurper Carausius as a whole. While Carausius’ intricate and complex monetary policy is much better understood now than it was in the latter half of the 19th century, there are simply going to be some coins that are more difficult to attribute with high confidence. Dr. Moorhead’s Roman Imperial Coinage V.5 will provide a wealth of information on the subject and is highly anticipated. As for this coin, it features an outstanding pedigree to 1873, has been published five times, is illustrated in the forthcoming RIC V.5, and is unique with this reverse legend error, obverse legend, and bust type paired together.
Ex Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 15 October 2003; Blackmoor, Selborne, October 1873 Hoard (IRBCH 914).
This unique antoninianus of Carausius has caused catalogers over the last 150 years some difficulty to classify appropriately due to its enigmatic mint mark. From the desirable 1873 Blackmoor Hoard, which contained 545 coins of Carausius, this coin was among the few selected by Lord Selborne for publication in his NC 1877 catalog due to its interesting properties. Namely, among the criteria, that the type was unpublished in the then recently released Volume VII of Cohen’s Monnaies Romaine (1868). Cataloged on page 144 of Selborne’s article as no. 80, Selborne read the mint mark as QL and consequently attributed the coin to the London mint. However, while a mint mark is present on the coin, it is difficult to read fully and appears most closely to an OΓ insofar as it is intelligible. The ‘O’ appears fully enclosed and thus can only read ‘O’ or ‘Q’ if the serif of the ‘Q’ is off flan. Selborne elected to read the second letter as an inverted ‘L’.
The coin, appearing next in Percy Webb’s comprehensive Carausius catalog for the 1907 NC, is cataloged on page 200 as no. 343. There, without further explanation, Webb placed the coin with the ‘C’ mint and simply cited Selborne while additionally providing the coin’s diameter. Webb repeated this cataloging for his portion of the old RIC V.2 in 1933. There Webb cites the coin on page 489 as no. 292 and refers readers back to his 1907 catalog.
The coin next appears in Roger Bland’s 1982 CHRB III. Norman Shiel provided the cataloging for the Carausius and Allectus portion of the catalog and he cataloged the coin on page 71 as no. 20305 alongside the “unmarked series,” which he speculates could be the earliest London mint issues in footnote 236 on page 71. However, while providing the full legends, bust type, diameter, weight, and die axis for the coin, he appears to have missed the letters in the exergue as he makes no mention of them. He places the coin next to 20305A which is Selborne’s Blackmoor Hoard no. 79 which features the same reverse legend error of MONITA for MONETA as the present coin. However, Shiel corrects Selborne and Webb (no. 866 in RIC V.2) by deleting the second ‘G’ out of the reverse legend for that coin. Since that coin does belong to the unmarked series, this makes logical sense, however, Shiel does err in failing to note the exergue letters on the present specimen.
Consequently, this very coin has been cataloged at three different mints by the respective authors of the reference material and authorities on the subject: Selborne at London, Webb at the ‘C’ mint, and Shiel at the unmarked British mint. This last attribution can be safely corrected without controversy. However, where to catalog the coin today is somewhat a matter of perspective. Bringing the coin up to date, Dr. Moorhead has elected to footnote the coin next to the retrograde ‘C’ mint MONETA issues in the forthcoming RIC V.5. Though Dr. Moorhead’s no. 2447 is in parentheses to denote that the coin is unclear.
While this specific coin has caused catalogers some consternation over the last century and a half, this phenomenon is simply reflective of the reality and challenges of cataloging the fascinating coinage of the British usurper Carausius as a whole. While Carausius’ intricate and complex monetary policy is much better understood now than it was in the latter half of the 19th century, there are simply going to be some coins that are more difficult to attribute with high confidence. Dr. Moorhead’s Roman Imperial Coinage V.5 will provide a wealth of information on the subject and is highly anticipated. As for this coin, it features an outstanding pedigree to 1873, has been published five times, is illustrated in the forthcoming RIC V.5, and is unique with this reverse legend error, obverse legend, and bust type paired together.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 771
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (23mm, 3.79 g, 6h). ‘C’ mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust right / ADVENTVS AVG, Carausius on horseback riding left, raising right hand and holding transverse scepter in left; to lower left, bound captive seated left, head right; SCC. RIC V.5 2979 (forthcoming); cf. RIC V 190 (for reverse type). Dark green patina with some toned residual silvering, slight roughness, faint scratches, minor die wear on obverse. Good VF. Extremely rare. Only two examples noted in RIC V.5. The reverse well struck.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 3 July 2006.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 3 July 2006.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 772
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (21.5mm, 4.02 g, 6h). ‘C’ mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / HILA RI TAS AVGGG, Hilaritas standing left, draped, holding long palm frond in right hand and cornucopia in left; S|P//MC. RIC V.5 3215 (forthcoming); RIC V –; Bourne 163. Dark green-brown patina with some red, minor roughness and cleaning scratches. VF. Extremely rare. Only four examples noted in RIC V.5. Bourne cited one example in the British Museum (1983,0335.2; same dies).
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 13 September 2002.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Spink, 13 September 2002.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 773
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (22.5mm, 3.99 g, 6h). ‘C’ mint. IMP C CARAVSIVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed / VIRTV S AVGGG, Virtus standing right, nude but for helmet and chlamys draped over shoulders, holding reversed spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground to right; S|P//MC. RIC V.5 3232 (forthcoming); RIC V –; Bourne –. Dark green patina with some brown, light roughness. Good VF. Extremely rare. Only two examples noted in RIC V.5. Formerly unlisted with this mint mark in the old RIC V and as recently as Bourne (2009).
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, 26 September 2002.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from Baldwin’s, 26 September 2002.
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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (18mm, 2.70 g, 1h). Uncertain mint. I (N retrograde)P CARAV[SIV]S P A, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [...]I(N retrograde)IVS AG [sic], Carausius on horseback riding left, wearing military attire, raising right hand and holding scepter in left, trampling captive with hands bound behind his back below. RIC V.5 223 (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V –; RSC –; Shiel –. Toned, marks, residual find patina. Good VF. Unique. The only example noted in RIC V.5. The reverse appears to be an ADVENTVS AVG derivative.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Timeline Auctions (14 March 2013), lot 74.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Timeline Auctions (14 March 2013), lot 74.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 775
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. AR Denarius (18.5mm, 2.13 g, 6h). Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / I II O (CARAVSIIO retrograde) II II, Uncertain figure, draped, standing left, dropping incense into lighted altar set on ground to left with right hand. RIC V.5 247 (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V –; RSC –; Shiel –. Toned, find patina, striking fractures, cleaning scratches. Near VF. Unique. The only example noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Dr. J. S. Vogelaar Collection (Spink London 194, 26 March 2008), lot 1151; reportedly found in Norfolk.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Dr. J. S. Vogelaar Collection (Spink London 194, 26 March 2008), lot 1151; reportedly found in Norfolk.
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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Æ Denarius (19.5mm, 2.85 g, 6h). Uncertain mint. IMP [C]ARAVSIVS P F A, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / F OR TVNA V, Fortuna, draped, standing left, holding scales in extended right hand and cornucopia in left. RIC V.5 317 (forthcoming; this coin cited and illustrated); RIC V –; RSC –; Shiel –. Dark find patina, light roughness. Good Fine. Unique. The only example noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 146 (25 April 2018), lot 48, purchased from Baldwin’s, October 1971.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Dix Noonan Webb 146 (25 April 2018), lot 48, purchased from Baldwin’s, October 1971.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 777
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).
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).
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 778
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (20.5mm, 2.57 g, 3h). Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate and draped bust right / MO[N]ET[...], Moneta standing left, draped, holding scales in right hand and cornucopia in left. Cf. RIC V.5 1171 (forthcoming); cf. RIC V 855. Dark green-brown patina. Near VF. Overstruck on a LAETITIA (holding wreath and rudder set on globe) issue of Claudius II Gothicus with large parts of the undertype visible on both obverse and reverse.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 10 June 2018.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 10 June 2018.
Classical Numismatic Group, LLC - Triton XXVIII – Sessions 1-4 . 779
Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (19mm, 4.08 g, 6h). Uncertain mint. VIC TORIA CARAVSI A, radiate and cuirassed bust right, holding spear over right shoulder in right hand / PA X AVG, Pax, draped, standing left, holding olive branch and vertical scepter. RIC V.5 1273 (forthcoming); RIC V – but cf. 786 (cites Webb; for same obv. die); P. Webb, “The Reign and Coinage of Carausius” in NC 1907, 883 (cites Selborne; same); cf. CHRB III, 20281 (same) = Blackmoor Hoard of Third Century Roman Bronze Coins (Christie’s, 9 December 1975), lot 262 corr. (obv. legend; same); cf. CNG 457, 445 (same); cf. R. Bourne, “Opuscula carausiana,” in Yorkshire Numismatist 4 (2012), pp. 1-3, no. 1-5 (same). Green-brown patina, light roughness. VF. Extremely rare issue from a very rare obverse die. Only four examples noted in RIC V.5.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 29 March 2011.
A very rare obverse legend, known from very few examples from the same obverse die. Bourne knew of five coins in his 2012 article that share this obverse die across three types: Laetitia (2), Fortuna (2), and CONCOR MIL AETERN(?) (1). The CNG Electronic Auction 457 example in 2019 added one additional specimen to the Fortuna reverses. Additionally, the CNG 571, 1153 example may add a Virtus reverse. There are finally four examples noted in RIC V.5 (including this coin) with the Pax reverse (another being CNG 571, 1151 correction). Thus the number of reverse types rises to four or five and the corpus of known examples from this very rare and desirable obverse legend stands at approximately eleven examples.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection, purchased from David Miller, 29 March 2011.
A very rare obverse legend, known from very few examples from the same obverse die. Bourne knew of five coins in his 2012 article that share this obverse die across three types: Laetitia (2), Fortuna (2), and CONCOR MIL AETERN(?) (1). The CNG Electronic Auction 457 example in 2019 added one additional specimen to the Fortuna reverses. Additionally, the CNG 571, 1153 example may add a Virtus reverse. There are finally four examples noted in RIC V.5 (including this coin) with the Pax reverse (another being CNG 571, 1151 correction). Thus the number of reverse types rises to four or five and the corpus of known examples from this very rare and desirable obverse legend stands at approximately eleven examples.