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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Romano-British Imitation of Magnentius AE Centenionalis. Struck circa AD 351-353. Following possibly Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
[...]IVS P F AVG, bareheaded, draped and cuirassed bust to right; A to left / VICT DD [...], two Victories facing one another, holding between them wreath inscribed VOT V MVLT X in four lines; mintmark in exergue. For prototype cf. RIC VIII 151; SCBC 750. 3.39gr, 16mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
From a Cambridgeshire, UK, private collection.
During the 4th century, the urban life in Britain was in serious decline, and the supplies of currency from the Empire were temporarily disrupted, so the local imitations of Constantius II and the usurper Magnentius became necessary to cover the deficit. -
Caracalla, as Caesar, AR Denarius. AD 196-198. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
M AVR ANTON CAES PONTIF, bare-headed and draped bust to right / [DESTINATO IMPE]RAT, lituus, apex, bucranium and simpulum. RIC IV 6 note; BMCRE 194; RSC 53. 3.03gr, 17mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 213. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P XVI COS IIII P P, Hercules standing to left, holding branch and club, lion skin draped over arm. RIC IV 206a; BMCRE 48; RSC 220. 3.31gr, 20mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016.
