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 - Clodius Albinus - Minerva AR Denarius 195-197 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
As Caesar. Obv: D CLOD SEPT ALBIN CAES, bare head right. Rev: MINER PACIF COS II, Minerva standing facing with olive branch, shield & spear. 3.00 grams, 18 mm.
Very fine.
Property of a private Norwich, UK, collector. -
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Paduan - AE Sestertius and Other Coin Group [5] 19th-20th century A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Mixed group comprising: casts of renaissance Paduan coins including those of Otho, Vespasian and Lucius Verus. 123 grams total, 31-36 mm.
Good fine-good very fine.
From an old UK collection. From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Agrippa - Neptune AE As 37-41 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Struck under Caligula. Obv: M AGRIPPA L F COS III, head left wearing rostral crown. Rev: S-C, Neptune standing facing, head left, naked except for cloak draped behind him and over both arms, holding small dolphin in right hand and vertical trident in left. 10.87 grams, 28 mm.
Fine.
Property of an Essex, UK, collector.
