243, Lot: 450. Estimate $100. Sold for $1400. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Carausius. Romano-British Emperor, AD 286-293. Antoninianus (22mm, 3.06 g, 5h). ‘C’ mint. Radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust right / Carausius seated left on curule chair set on a low platform, holding oliver branch; officer standing left behind him, Liberalitas standing before holding abacus and cornucopia; citizen climbing steps; C. RIC V 277. Near VF, areas of flat strike. Very rare.

From the J.S. Wagner Collection.