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LOT 2942
Septimius Severus AE Sestertius. AD 195-196. Rome mint.
L SEPT SEV PERT AVG IMP VII, laureate head to right / [P M T]R P III COS II [P P], Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC IV 706; BMCRE 580 (Wars of the Succession). Near Very Fine.(21.42gr, 31mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx Classical Numismatic Group.
Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian.
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 202-210. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
SEVERVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / VICT PART MAX, Victory advancing to left, holding wreath and palm-branch. RIC IV 295; BMCRE 365; RSC 744. 3.60gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s. Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent. -
Constantius I BI Nummus. AD 305. Antioch mint. 10th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C FL V CONSTANTIVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI •, Genius standing to left, modius on head, naked but for chlamys over left shoulder, holding patera and cornucopia; I in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 70a. 9.84gr, 28mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Constantine I AE Nummus. AD 315-318. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CONSTANTINVS P F AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PRIN[CIPI IV]VENTVTIS, Prince standing facing, head to left, holding signum in each hand; star in right field; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 215. 4.35gr, 24mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
