LOT 3435
Gordian III AR Denarius. AD 241-243. Rome mint.
IMP GORDIANVS PIVS FEL AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / AETERNITATI AVG, Sol standing to right, head to left, raising right hand and holding globe. RIC IV 111; RSC 39. Extremely Fine.(3.15gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Aelia Flacilla BI 24mm. AD 383-386. Constantinople mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
AEL FLACILLA AVG, draped bust to right, wearing elaborate headdress / SALVS REI PVBLICAE, Victory seated to right, inscribing a Chi-Rho on shield set on column, CONB in exergue. RIC IX 81. 4.54gr, 24mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 302-303. Antioch mint. 5th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquor flows; Є in right field, ANT(star) in exergue. RIC VI 56a. 9.88gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 230. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
IMP SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate head to right, with slight drapery on left shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing to right, placing her right foot on low base and inscribing shield set on her knee with VOT X. RIC IV 219 var. (no drapery; foot on helmet); BMC 638 var. (same); Cohen -. 2.74gr, 18mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
