LOT 2449
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Septimius Severus - Elephant AR Denarius 197 A.D.
Rome mint. Obv: bust right. Rev: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, elephant walking right. Good fine.(2.26 grams, 16 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFound Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
LiteratureRIC 100, Sear'88 #1766, RSC 349.
FootnotesCommemorates the games also mentioned in the Historia Augusta that were given by Severus in mid 197 prior to his departure on his second Parthian expedition.
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LOT 2449
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Septimius Severus - Elephant AR Denarius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Mixed AE Coin Group [9] 3rd-4th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Comprising: various emperors, denominations, issues and types, mounted on information display cards. 134 grams total, 20-29 mm.
Fine-very fine.
Property of a Bristol, UK, gentleman, by family descent. -
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Mixed AE Antoninianus Group [4] 253-273 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Mixed group comprising: various bronze radiate issues of Valerian I (253-260 A.D.), Victorinus (268-270 A.D.), Claudius Gothicus (268-270 A.D.), and Tetricus I (270-273 A.D.). 12.05 grams total, 18-19 mm.
Fine-good very fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Galerius Maximian - Genius AE Follis 299 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint. Obv: MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head right. Rev: GENIO POPVL-I ROMANI, Genius standing left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia, mintmark Q star. 11.33 grams, 27 mm.
Good very fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
