LOT 3449
Philip II AR Antoninianus. AD 247-249. Antioch mint.
IMP M IVL PHILIPPVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust to left / AEQVITAS AVG, Aequitas standing facing, head to left, holding scales and cornucopia. RIC IV 240b var. (rev. legend AVGG); RSC 2 var. (same); Bland 63. Near Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning with golden iridescence around the devices.(4.92gr, 21mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 201-206. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / INDVLGENTIA AVGG, the Dea Caelestis, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, riding on lion to right over waters gushing from rock; IN CARTH in exergue. RIC IV 130a; BMCRE 280; RSC 97. 3.59gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVAT, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC IV 213; RSC 13. 4.47gr, 22mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a Buckinghamshire, UK, collector established from the earlier 1960s.
