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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Julia Domna AR Denarius. AD 196-211. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / MATER DEVM, Cybele seated to left on throne between two lions, holding branch and sceptre, arm resting on drum. RIC IV 564 (Severus); BMCRE 51 note (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 123. 3.54gr, 20mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 298-299. Thessalonica mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS 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 from which liquid flows, and cornucopia; TSB in exergue. RIC VI 19a. 11.01gr, 29mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Domitian AE Sestertius. AD 88-89. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XIIII CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / IOVI VICTORI, Jupiter seated to left, holding Victory and sceptre; S C in exergue. RIC II.2 633; Cohen 313; BMCRE 406-7; BN 436-438. 28.79gr, 34mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine. Tooled and smoothed.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
