LOT 2732
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Septimius Sevrus - Victory AR Denarius 199 A.D.
Obv: L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, laureate head right. Rev: VICTORIAE AVGG FEL, Victory flying left, holding wreath with both hands over shield set on rock to left. Good very fine.(3.04 grams, 18 mm.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceProperty of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000.
LiteratureRIC 144b, RSC 719cf, BMC 139.
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LOT 2732
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Septimius Sevrus - Victory AR Denarius
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
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Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Septimius Severus - Elephant AR Denarius 197 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
Rome mint. Obv: bust right. Rev: MVNIFICENTIA AVG, elephant walking right. 2.26 grams, 16 mm.
Good fine.
Found Wiltshire, UK, before 1974.
Commemorates 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. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Constantine I - London - AE Follis 307-312 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
London mint. Obv: IMP CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate, draped, cuirassed bust right, seen from the back. Rev: SOL INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing left, chlamys draped over upper chest and left shoulder, holding globe and raising hand. No field marks. Mintmark PLN. 4.18 grams, 24 mm.
Choice extremely fine. Rare.
From a gentleman's London, UK, collection, in the 1990s. -
Ancient Roman Imperial Coins - Vabalathus and Aurelian - AE Antoninianus 271-272 A.D.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Antioch mint. Obv: VABALATHVS VCRIM DR, laureate, draped bust of Vabalathus right. Rev: IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate, cuirassed bust of Aurelian right, officina letter A below. 2.98 grams, 20 mm.
About extremely fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
