LOT 4088
Aelius, as Caesar AV Aureus. AD 137. Rome mint.
L • AELIVS CAESAR, bare-headed and draped bust to right / TRIB POT COS II, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and resting left elbow on cornucopia; CONCORD in exergue. RIC II.3 2708; BMCRE 998 (Hadrian); Calicó 1443. Very Fine. Very rare with this bust type; fewer than 5 other examples sold in the past 20 years and only 2 specimens cited by OCRE.(7.01gr, 18mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Dr Eugen Merzbacher (15/11/1910), lot 1676.
Ex the Chabenat Collection Part II, Émile Bourgey (14/12/1911), lot 403.
Ex Dr Michael Brandt & Stefan Sonntag, Fixed Price List 8 (Summer 1992), #414.
Ex Trausnitz Collection, Nomos AG, Auction 19 (17/11/2019), lot 267.
Ex Hess-Divo AG, Auction 341, 13 December 2023, lot 82.
Acquired on the UK coin market.
From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4088
Aelius, as Caesar AV Aureus.
Estimate £7,000 - 9,000€8,120 - 10,440 (for guidance only)$9,450 - 12,150 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£3,500 (EUR 4,060; USD 4,725) +BP*
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Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 233. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / P M TR P XII COS III P P, Sol advancing to left, nude but for chlamys, raising his right hand in salute and holding whip in his left; S C across fields. RIC IV 535; BMC 932; Cohen 441 var. (differing bust type). 22.84gr, 30mm, 1h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Theodosius I BI Nummus. AD 378-383. Nicomedia mint. Uncertain officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N THEODOSIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA AVGGG, Concordia, helmeted seated facing, head to left, holding globe and spear; palm branch in left and right field, SMN[?] in exergue. RIC IX 29. 2.02gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian BI Antoninianus. AD 274. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / ORIENS AVG, Sol walking to left, right hand raised, left holding globe, treading down one of two captives; B in left field, XXI in exergue. RIC V.1 364. 4.15gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman.
