LOT 3550
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / PROVIDENTIA AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding corn-ears over modius and cornucopiae; S C across fields. RIC IV 642; Cohen. 503; BMCRE 882. Near Very Fine.(17.27gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenancePurchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1102.
Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
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LOT 3550
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Group of Fifty (50) AE Roman Coins. Circa 2nd-4th century AD.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues, denominations and reverse types. 103gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Valentinian I BI Nummus. AD 364-367. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SECVRITAS REIPVBLICAE, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, T in left field, SMKA in exergue. Cf. RIC IX 11a & 13a (no T). 2.20gr, 18mm, 1h.
Very Fine. Exceedingly Rare; unpublished variant.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 269. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / COS V, Victory standing to right, her right hand raised to head, holding palm branch with left. RIC V.4 424; Elmer 591. 2.01gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
