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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 225. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding standard in each hand. RIC 139; BMCRE 220; RSC 52. 2.72gr, 20mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter standing to left, head to right, hurling thunderbolt. RIC IV 235. 3.06gr, 20mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 228-231. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, slight drapery on left shoulder / VIRTV-S AVG, Virtus standing facing, head to left, holding Victory in her right hand and spear and shield with her left. RIC IV 220; BMCRE 709 var. (bust type); RSC 579a. 3.64gr, 18mm, 2h.
Good Extremely Fine.
Ex Michael Trenerry, Truro, UK, 1980s. Private North Country, UK, collection. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing facing, head to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing VOT X on shield set on trunk of palm tree; S C across fields. RIC IV 616; Cohen 567; BMCRE 643. 15.34gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 223. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M T[R P XIII] COS III P P, Sol, radiate, advancing to left, raising right hand and holding whip; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 538. 18.14gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Ex London Ancient Coins, UK. From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar out of patera with her right hand and leaning with her left elbow on throne. RIC 14; Cohen 85. 3.61gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 243-244. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS PERPETVA, Securitas standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre and resting left arm on column. RIC IV 153. 4.93gr, 21mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
Ex Dorchester Hoard. Ex BA Seaby Limited, circa 1975. -
Gordian III AR Antoninianus. AD 238. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
IMP CAES M ANT GORDIANVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVG, Virtus helmeted and draped, standing to left, holding spear with left, and resting right hand on shield. RIC 6; RSC 381. 4.83gr, 21mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Dorchester Hoard. Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Philip I AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma seated to left, holding Victory and spear, shield at her side; altar before. RIC IV.3 65. 4.11gr, 23mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Trebonianus Gallus AR Antoninianus. Struck circa AD 251-253. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP CAE C VIB TREB GALLVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS PVBLICA, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia. RIC IV 33; RSC 37. 2.79gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Trebonianus Gallus AE 30mm of Antioch, Seleucis and Pieria. AD 251-253.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
ΑΥΤΟΚ Κ Γ ΟΥΙΒ ΤΡЄΒ ΓΑΛΛΟC CЄΒ, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / ANTIOXЄΩN MHTPO KOΛΩN, cult-statue of Tyche of Antioch seated facing with river-god Orontes at feet within tetrastyle temple façade with arched central bay and conical roof set on ornate base; ram leaping to right above, Δ Є across upper fields, S C in exergue. McAlee 1181; SNG Copenhagen 292. 18.29gr, 30mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Volusian AR Antoninianus. AD 251-253. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £176
IMP CAE C VIB VOLVSIANO AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Virtus standing to left, holding grounded shield and spear; star in right field. RIC IV 187; RSC 135a. 3.10gr, 21mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Attractively toned.
From Besançon Numismatique, 28 April 2015.