LOT 3575
Maximinus II BI Nummus. AD 312. Nicomedia mint. 7th officina.
IMP C GAL VAL MAXIMINVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGVSTI, Genius standing to left, holding patera, from which liquor flows, and cornucopia, altar on left; star above Z (retrograde) in right field, SMN in exergue. RIC VI 74b. Good Very Fine.(4.88gr, 20mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceAcquired 1970s-1996.
Property of a North American collector.
London collection, 2016.
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Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 246-248. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
IMP PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed(?) bust to right / SAECVLARES AVGG, goat standing to left; III in exergue. RIC IV 224; RSC 72. 4.36gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Galeria Valeria BI Nummus. AD 308. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
GAL VALERIA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right / VENERI VICTRICI, Venus standing facing, head to left, holding apple in upraised right hand and with left raising drapery over left shoulder; X in left field, B over K in right field, ALE in exergue. RIC VI 81. 7.23gr, 25mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitius Alexander (usurper) AE 23mm. AD 308-311. Carthage mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £2,340
IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG, laureate head to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS KART, Alexander on horseback to right, raising right hand; PK in exergue. RIC VI 66 var. (rev. legend break); BM 1862,0415.18 var. (same). 4.03gr, 23mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Extremely rare.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
The usurper L. Domitius Alexander (Alexander of Carthage) was governor of Africa and had sworn allegiance to Maxentius, securing the all-important Carthaginian grain supply for Rome. Constantine and Maximian convinced Alexander to renege on this alliance, and thus he deserted to their camp and halted the grain shipments, causing famine and severe rioting in Rome. Maxentius sent his praetorian prefect, Volusian, with several Legions to North Africa to put an end to Alexander's revolt, and when Constantine and Maximian offered no help, Volusian's legions swiftly defeated Alexander and his troops. Alexander himself was captured and strangled shortly thereafter.
