Classical Numismatic Group > Triton XXVIIIAuction date: 14 January 2025
Lot number: 765

Price realized: 1,900 USD   (Approx. 1,864 EUR)   Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees.
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Lot description:


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.


Estimate: 2000 USD