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Property of a Greater Manchester collector since the 1980s; believed found near Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, UK; thence by descent 1992; recorded with the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) with reference number FASAMC93A3E; accompanied by a copy of the PAS report; this lot has been checked against the Interpol Database of stolen works of art and is accompanied by AIAD certificate number no.10982-181142.
8000 Catuvellauni - AR Puckeridge Bird Hare Half Unit. 1st century AD. Obv: ring-tailed animal (hare?) right with pellet rosette left and pellet-in-annulet to left and below. Rev: horse left with outline crescent above pellet-in-star below. S. 52; BMC 393-396; ABC 2499. 0.55 grams. Very fine. Very rare. £200 - 300 Ex private collection, Home Counties, UK.
Reece Period 14. The Portable Antiquities Scheme record states: 'This is a find of note and has been designated: For inclusion in British Numismatic Journal ‘Coin Register’ - 'This is the third example of coin with a seated Fortuna on a silver denarius of Carausius. The other two specimens are of RIC 567 with the obverse IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AV. This coin, with the obverse legend IMP CARAVSIVS F AVG, is therefore a new variety. It is likely that the F in the obverse legend is a poorly cut P. The style of the coin is not as compact and neat as that of the other two coins.' Sear states of the 'RSR' mintmark (vol. v, pt. 2, p.508): 'This mint-mark is very unusual; the coins appear to be of London, and may probably be attributed on style and size to the period immediately after the Peace of A.D. 289.'
8004 z Allectus - AE Laetitia Antoninianus. 294-295 AD. London mint. Obv: IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG legend with radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: LAETITIA AVG legend with Laetitia standing left holding wreath and anchor, S - A to fields; mintmark M L in exergue. RIC v(ii), p.560, 22; Askew 471; Sear 13811. 2.98 grams. Fine; edge ragged. £80 - 100 Found whilst searching with a metal detector in Leicestershire, UK, by Robert Ward.
8001 Catuvellauni - Tasciovanus - AR Stag Unit. 50 BC-50 AD. Obv: TASCI on tablet on vertical wreath. Rev: stag left head right with pellet-in-annulet right and below with VER left. S. -; BMC -; VA -; ABC 2634; Coin Register 1989, BNJ 59, 1985, no.12 (same type). Celtic Coin Index, reference 001528 (this coin, record printout included); BNJ Chris Rudd List 54, 69 (this coin, stock no. 5796). 1.15 grams. Very fine. Very rare. £400 - 600 Property of a Cambridgeshire gentleman; acquired Chris Rudd (with ticket); formerly with 'Cotswold' collection (with ticket); recorded with Celtic Coin Index, 001528.
8002 z Atrebates and Regni - Verica - AR Wine Cup Minim. 10-40 AD. Obv: wine cup with REX above. Rev: eagle flying right with VERICA COMMI F legend. S. 159; BMC 1572-1578; ABC 1331. 0.33 grams. Good very fine. Rare. £100 - 140 Ex private collection, Home Counties, UK.
8003 Carausius - Unique London Mint - AR Seated Fortuna Denarius. 286-287 AD. 'RSR' mint (possibly London). Obv: IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG legend with laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: FORTVNA AVG legend with Fortuna seated left on wheel, holding rudder and cornucopia; mintmark RSR in exergue. RIC v(ii), p.511, no.567 (variant); RSC 66 variant; see Sear 13518 for general type. See Portable Antiquities Scheme, reference FASAM-C93A3E (this coin, with a printout of the PAS record). 3.44 grams Near very fine. Unique. £3,000 - 4,000
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8005 Maximian under Carausius - London - AE Pax Antoninianus. 292-293 AD. Struck under Carausius, London mint. Obv: IMP C MAXIMIANVS P F AVG legend with radiate, draped and cuirassed bust right. Rev: PAX AVGGG legend with Pax standing left holding olive-branch and sceptre, S - P in fields; mintmark M L XXI in exergue. RIC v(ii), p.555, 34; Sear 13158. 3.79 grams. Near extremely fine. Scarce. £150 - 200 Ex Shlomo Moussieff collection. Issued by Carausius in support of his claim to be a legitimate colleague of the emperors Diocletian and Maximian.
8006 Continental Series - Series E - Sceatta. c.695-740 AD. Obv: degenerate head enclosing bars and symbols. Rev: votive standard with TOTII design. S.790. 1.03 grams. Extremely fine. [No Reserve] £60 - 80 Property of a Greater Manchester collector since the 1980s; thence by descent 1992.
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