LOT 3178
Severus Alexanader AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Rome mint; struck AD 222. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / LIBERALITAS AVG, Liberalitas standing to left, holding abacus and cornucopiae. RIC IV 148; RSC 108a. Good Very Fine. Flan crack at 9h. Struck on a broad flan.(3.00gr, 20mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market before 2000.
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Septimius Severus AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Rome mint; struck AD 197-200. L SEPT SEV AVG IMP XI PART [MAX], laureate head to right / MARTI VICTORI, Mars standing facing, head to right, holding spear and resting right hand on shield. RIC IV 134; BMCRE 133; RSC 320. 3.12gr, 18mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Found Cambridgeshire, UK. -
Time of Maximinus II AE 15mm. AD 310-313.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Antioch mint; struck circa AD 312. 7th officina. 'Persecution Issue'. GENIO AN-TIOCHENI, Tyche seated facing, river-god Orontes swimming below / APOLLONI SANCTO, Apollo standing to left, holding patera and lyre; Z in right field, SMA in exergue. McAlee 170; Vagi 2954; Failmezger 229. 1.62gr, 15mm, 11h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Vespasian AE As. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
Rome mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAES VESPASIAN AVG COS III, laureate head to right / Altar with double panelled door; S C across fields, PROVIDENT in exergue. RIC II.1 316. 11.64gr, 27mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
