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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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 3.44gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 332-335. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Estimate: £70 - 90 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £20
VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left, wearing imperial mantle / She-wolf to left suckling Romulus and Remus; two stars above, •SMKA in exergue. RIC VII 105. 2.37gr, 18mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine. Very Rare.
Acquired on the European coin market. Property of a Kent, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 326-327. Antioch mint. 2nd officina.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate head to right / PROVIDENTIAE AVGG, camp gate with no doors and two turrets; star above, pellet within doorway, SMANTB in exergue. RIC VII 71. 3.21gr, 20mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Purchased from Classical Numismatic Group Inc., January 2011. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
