LOT 3427
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 233. Rome mint.
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P XII COS III P P, Sol, radiate, walking to left, raising right hand and holding whip; S C across fields. RIC IV 535; C. 442; BMCRE 937 corr. (bust type). Near Very Fine.(21.44gr, 31mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Constantius I, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 297-299. Cyzicus mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
FL VAL CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius standing facing, head to left, holding patera from which liquid flows and cornucopia; KB in exergue. RIC VI 11a. 9.54gr, 28mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Nero AE Sestertius. AD 67. Roma mint.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
IMP NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GERM P M TR P XIII P P, laureate head to right / Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding long sceptre and resting left arm on shield, S C across field, ROMA in exergue. RIC I 356; Cohen 284; BMCRE 114; BN 427-428; WCN 168. 25.97gr, 36mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Professionally cleaned and slightly smoothed in the fields.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Aurelian, with Vabalathus, BI Antoninianus. AD 270-272. Antioch mint. 5th(?) officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; Є(?) below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (rev. bust type); MER-RIC 3107. 3.32gr, 20mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman.
