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Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (19.5mm, 3.86 g, 12h). ‘RSR’ mint. VF.
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Triton XXVIII
Live bidding began Jan 14, 2025 at 9:00 AM EST
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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; Mike Vosper FPL 113 (May 2000), no. 36.
This bust appears to feature Carausius holding a globe in his right hand. Carausius may additionally be trabeate here as well rather than draped and cuirassed. While the cataloging has left the bust type as radiate, draped, and cuirassed to harmonize with RIC V.5’s cataloging of this coin, it is this cataloger’s perspective that Carausius is indeed holding a globe here in his right hand and that the ‘RSR’ mint AR Denarius RIC V.5 143 [Giessener Münzhandlung 73 (11 October 1995), lot 464] is another example of this extremely rare bust type.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Three – Lot 558–829 will be held Wednesday morning, 15 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
From the Dr. Malcolm Lyne Collection. Ex Freeman & Sear MBS 8 (5 February 2003), lot 482; Mike Vosper FPL 113 (May 2000), no. 36.
This bust appears to feature Carausius holding a globe in his right hand. Carausius may additionally be trabeate here as well rather than draped and cuirassed. While the cataloging has left the bust type as radiate, draped, and cuirassed to harmonize with RIC V.5’s cataloging of this coin, it is this cataloger’s perspective that Carausius is indeed holding a globe here in his right hand and that the ‘RSR’ mint AR Denarius RIC V.5 143 [Giessener Münzhandlung 73 (11 October 1995), lot 464] is another example of this extremely rare bust type.
The final winners of all Triton XXVIII lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 14-15 January 2025.
Triton XXVIII – Session Three – Lot 558–829 will be held Wednesday morning, 15 January 2025 beginning at 9:00 AM ET.
Winning bids are subject to a 22.5% buyer's fee for bids placed on this website and 25% for all others.
We recognize that our users may have various Internet Browsers and Operating Systems. We like our visitors to have the best possible experience when using our bidding platform. However, we do recognize that it is impossible to develop applications that work identically, efficiently and effectively on all web browsers. The CNG bidding platform supports the latest stable major version and stable previous version of Chrome and Firefox.
