LOT 3176
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 222-235.
Rome mint; struck AD 232. IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter advancing to left, head to right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. RIC IV 238; BMCRE 824; RSC 83. Extremely Fine.(3.03gr, 20mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceProperty of a gentleman; acquired in the UK before 2000.
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Aurelian, with Vabalathus BI Antoninianus. AD 270-275.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Antioch mint; struck November AD 270-March AD 272. 8th officina. IMP C AVRELIANVS AVG, radiate and cuirassed bust of Aurelian to right; H below / VABALATHVS V C R IM D R, laureate, diademed, draped and cuirassed bust of Vabalathus to right. RIC V.1 381 corr. (reverse bust type); BN 1258-61. 3.69gr, 19mm, 4h.
Very fine.
Acquired on the German art market around 2000. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Philip II, as Caesar AR Antoninianus. AD 244-247.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Rome mint; struck AD 244-246. M IVL PHILIPPVS CAES, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENT, prince standing to right, holding globe and transverse sceptre. RIC IV 216c; RSC 54. 3.58gr, 23mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Diocletian BI Nummus. AD 284-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Antioch mint; struck AD 300-301. 2nd officina. IMP C DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPV-LI ROMANI, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding cornucopia and patera, from which liquid flows; K in left field, B over V in right field, ANT in exergue. RIC VI 54a. 9.36gr, 27mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
