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Details
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.).
Provenance
Acquired on the UK art market.
Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
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