LOT 3631
Allectus, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 293-295. London mint.
IMP C ALLECTVS P F AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding branch and vertical sceptre; S Λ across fields, MSL in exergue. RIC V.2 28; Burnett 15; Webb 27. Near Extremely Fine. Pleasant green patina.(4.80gr, 23mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Colchester, Essex, UK.
Acquired from Den of Antiquity in 2017.
Private collection, New York, USA.
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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate head to right, drapery on left shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding two grain ears in her right hand and cornucopia with her left; on ground to left, modius. RIC 250; BMC 875; Cohen 501 var. (draped). 2.58gr, 21mm, 1h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Domitian AE As. Struck AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV(?) CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / FORTVNAE AVGVSTI; Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 707; BMCRE 448. 10.75gr, 28mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Marcus Aurelius AE Sestertius. Struck possibly AD 164. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
M AVREL ANTONINVS AVG ARM[ENIACVS P M], laureate head to right / [TR P XV?]III IMP [II COS III?], S C across field, Mars, helmeted, in military dress, standing to right, holding reversed, vertical spear in right hand and resting left hand on shield set on ground to right. Cf. RIC III 861; cf. MIR 18, 87-6/30; cf. Banti 449; cf. BMCRE 1088. 26.46gr, 35mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
