204, Lot: 192. Estimate $100. Sold for $60. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (23mm, 5.75 g, 9h). Contemporary imitation of ‘C’ mint issue. Radiate and draped bust right / Pax standing left, holding branch and scepter. Cf. RIC 303; Hunter 27 (same dies). VF, dark brown patina. Legends on both obverse and reverse garbled. An interesting imitative issue, struck on a thick, heavy flan.
From the J.S. Vogelaar Collection.