LOT 3168
Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Rome mint; struck AD 198-200. L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART MAX, laureate head to right / VICTORIAE AVGG FEL, Victory standing to left, holding wreath over shield set on low base. RIC IV 144b; BMCRE 139; RSC 719. Near Very Fine.(2.83gr, 17mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Local imitation. IMP TETRICVS P F A[...], radiate bust to right / Blundered legend, female figure standing facing, head to left, holding palm branch with right and cornucopia with left hand. For prototype, cf. RIC V.1 80 (Hilaritas). 2.14gr, 16mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
From a London, UK, specialist collection, 1990s. -
Tetricus II, as Caesar BI Antoninianus. AD 270-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Uncertain mint. [C] PIV ESV TETRICVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.50gr, 19mm.
Near Very Fine. Brockage of obverse.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
Brockage errors are caused when an already minted coin sticks to the coin die and impresses onto another blank that hasn't been struck yet, pressing a mirror image of the other coin into the blank. -
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS P P, Mars standing to left, holding olive-branch and spear. RIC IV 7d; BMCRE 28 var. (bust type); RSC 207 var. (same). 3.45g, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the London art market in the late 1980s-1990s. From the family collection of an East London, UK, gentleman.
