LOT 3551
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 223. Rome mint.
IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / [PROVI]DENTIA DEO[RVM], Providentia standing to left leaning on column, holding wand over globe and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC IV 597; Cohen 515; BMCRE 141. Near Very Fine.(20.23gr, 31mm, 10h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1089.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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Valentinian II AR Siliqua. AD 388-392. Lugdunum mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £111
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VRBS ROMA, Roma seated to left on cuirass, holding Victory on globe and inverted spear; LVGPS in exergue. RIC IX 43a.1; Lyon 208; RSC 76†b. 1.81gr, 18mm, 2h.
Near Very Fine.
Found Berkshire, UK. -
Macrinus AR Denarius. AD 217-218. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £468
IMP C M OPEL SEV MACRINVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre. RIC IV 73; BMCRE 66-67; RSC 33b. 3.98gr, 20mm, 6h.
Mint State. Beautiful light cabinet tone.
Ex Leu Numismatik AG, Web Auction 24, 3 December 2022, lot 2970. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 481. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 328-329. Nicomedia mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS MAX AVG, rosette-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors, two turrets, star above; SMNΓ in exergue. RIC VII 156. 3.78gr, 21mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
