The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins formed by Marvin Lessen Part I

Carausius (286-293), Antoninianus, unmarked issue, radiate bust left, draped in imperial mantle and holding sceptre surmounted by eagle, rev. pax avg, Pax standing left, holding olive-branch and vertical sceptre, 3.28g (RIC 878; Webb, NC 1907, no. 1002, and pl. iv, 12, this coin; Sear –; S –). Very fine and patinated, extremely rare with left-facing bust £200-300

This lot was sold as part of a special collection, The North Yorkshire Moors Collection of British Coins.

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Provenance: P.H. Webb Collection; R.C. Lockett Collection, Part I, Glendining Auction, 6-9 June 1955, lot 177 (part); A.H.F. Baldwin Collection, Glendining Auction, 20-1 November 1969, lot 332