LOT 3222
Severus Alexander AE As. AD 222-235.
Rome mint; struck AD 231. IMP SEV ALE-XANDER AVG, laureate head to right, light drapery on far shoulder / PROFECTIO AVGVSTI, the Emperor on horseback to left, raising his right hand and holding spear with his left; S C in exergue. RIC IV 595b; Cohen 490 var.; BMCRE 751. Near Very Fine. Tooled. Very rare.(11.28gr, 26mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Magentius BI Centenionalis. AD 350-353.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Ambianum mint; struck AD 351-352. 1st officina. D N MAGNEN-TIVS P F AVG, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A behind / VICTORIAE DD NN AVG ET CAE, two Victories facing each other, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X written in four lines; AMB(star) in exergue. RIC VIII 14. 4.55gr, 23mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Crispus, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Aquileia mint; struck AD 321. 2nd officina. CRISPVS NOB CAES, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT • V in three lines; •AQS• in exergue. RIC VII 87. 3.24gr, 19mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Much original silvering remaining.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Estimate: £250 - 350 (‡+bp*)
Opening Bid: £125
Rome mint; struck AD 246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, Philip II in military dress standing to left, holding reversed spear with left hand and globe with right. RIC IV 218d var. (bust type); RSC 48 var. (same). 4.00gr, 24mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine. Beautiful toning.
Ex Pecunem / Gitbud & Naumann, Auction 14, 2 March 2014, lot 748.
