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LOT 2950
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 230. Rome mint.
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / VICTORIA AVGVSTI, Victory standing facing, head to right, with foot on helmet, inscribing VOT X on shield set on trunk of palm tree; S C across fields. RIC IV 616; Cohen 567; BMCRE 643. Near Very Fine.(15.34gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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Salonina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. AD 254-268. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £82
4th officina. SALONINA AVG, diademed and draped bust to right, set on crescent / FECVNDITAS AVG, Fecunditas standing to left, holding cornucopia in left hand and extending right hand to child; Δ in right field. RIC V.1 5 (Gallienus); Cohen 39. 3.60gr, 21mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Original silvering fully intact.
From London Ancient Coins Ltd, 17 February 2016, no.34. -
Probus BI Antoninianus. AD 281. Ticinum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
IMP C PROBVS AVG, radiate and mantled bust to left, holding eagle-tipped sceptre / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent; V to left, TXXI in exergue. RIC V.2 499 var. (star to right); probuscoins.fr 304. 2.97gr, 25mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 329-330. Alexandria mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to left / PROVIDEN-TIAE CAESS, camp gate with nine rows, no doors and two turrets; star above, wreath in left field, II in right field, SMAL in exergue. RIC VII 51. 3.47gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
