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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Domitian AE As. Struck AD 90-91. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
IMP CAES DOMIT AVG GERM COS XV(?) CENS PER P P, laureate head to right / FORTVNAE AVGVSTI; Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder and cornucopia; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 707; BMCRE 448. 10.75gr, 28mm, 5h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 260. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIA AVG, Victory walking to left, holding wreath and palm, treading on captive seated to left. RIC V.2 89 (Lugdunum); RSC 377a (Lugdunum). 3.33gr, 22mm, 12h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Maximinus I AR Denarius. AD 235-236. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £455
IMP MAXIMINVS PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVGVSTI, Salus seated to left, feeding serpent rising from altar. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 99; RSC 85a. 3.28gr, 21mm, 12h.
Fleur De Coin.
Ex Gorny & Mosch Giessener Münzhandlung, Auction 233, 6 October 2015, lot 2470. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd, Auction XXIX, 9 November 2023, lot 487. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
