LOT 4112
Severus Alexander AE Sestertius. AD 231. Rome mint.
IMP SEV ALEXANDER AVG, laureate bust to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt and sceptre, small figure of emperor to left; S C across fields. RIC IV 558; BMCRE 692. Near Very Fine.(23.03gr, 32mm, 1h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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LOT 4112
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 268. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI STATORI, Jupiter standing facing, head to right, holding sceptre and thunderbolt. RIC V.2 309 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RIC V.4 396; RSC 159a (Colonia Agrippinensis). 2.88gr, 19mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 263. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / FELICITAS AVG, Felicitas standing to left, holding long caduceus and cornucopia. RIC V.2 58 (Lugdunum); RSC 39a. 3.10gr, 21mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 290-293. 'C' mint.
Estimate: £300 - 400 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £150
IMP C CARAVSIVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PROVID AVG, Providentia standing facing, head to left, holding baton and cornucopia, globe at feet; S-P across fields, C in exergue. RIC V.2 -; RPC V.5 3027. 4.85gr, 22mm, 7h.
Good Very Fine. Very rare.
Acquired on the UK art market in the 1980s. From an East Anglian private collection.
