204, Lot: 217. Estimate $100. Sold for $72. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (19mm, 3.23 g, 1h). Uncertain mint. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / [PI]ETAS, Salus standing left, holding scepter, feeding serpent rising from altar. RIC V -. VF, green patina, interesting compact portrait, possibly overstruck on an earlier issue.
From the J.S. Vogelaar Collection.