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IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SPES PVBLICA, Spes advancing to left, holding flower and raising skirt. RIC IV 254; BMCRE 900; RSC 546. 2.91gr, 19mm, 7h.

Near Extremely Fine.

Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.

IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding corn-ears over modius and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC IV 642; Cohen. 503; BMCRE 882. 17.27gr, 32mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1102. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [PROVI]DENTIA DEO[RVM], Providentia standing to left leaning on column, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC IV 597; Cohen 515; BMCRE 141. 20.23gr, 31mm, 10h.

Near Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1089. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate head to right / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing to right, foot on helmet, inscribing VOT X on shield attached to palm tree; S C across fields. RIC IV 617. 8.53gr, 28mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Rare.

Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 28, 2 July 2016, lot 612. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding olive branch in her right hand and transverse sceptre in left. RIC 12; BMC 5; Cohen 31; MIR 10-3/A. 3.31gr, 20mm, 7h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex Austran art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG GERM, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA GERM, Victory advancing to right, holding wreath and palm. RIC IV 16; BMCRE 105-7; RSC 99a. 2.65gr, 20mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P P P, Emperor with lance between two standards. RIC 1. 3.04gr, 22mm, 1h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / 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. 3.47gr, 21mm, 6h.

Good Very Fine.

Ex Austran art market. Property of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.

IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.28gr, 21mm, 12h.

Fleur De Coin.

Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 233, 6 October 2015, lot 2470. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 487. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVGVSTI, Pax standing facing, head to left, holding branch in raised hand and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 12; BMCRE 68-71; RSC 31a. 3.38gr, 21mm, 6h.

Fleur De Coin. Highly lustrous, mirror-like surfaces.

Ex Solidus Numismatik, Online Auction 7, 15 November 2015, lot 289. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 486. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LAETITIA AVG N, Laetitia standing to left with wreath and anchor. RIC IV 86; RSC 121. 3.97gr, 23mm, 11h.

Good Very Fine.

Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.

IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P IIII COS II P P, emperor standing to right, holding spear and globe. For Silver Antoninianus: RIC IV 92; RSC 253. 3.69gr, 23mm, 6h.

Near Very Fine. Limes Falsum or a result of the time; crisis and decline.

Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.