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LOT 2947
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 225. Rome mint.
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / FIDES MILITVM, Fides standing to left, holding standard in each hand. RIC 139; BMCRE 220; RSC 52. Near Very Fine.(2.72gr, 20mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market since the early 2000s.
Property of a Lincolnshire gentleman, thence by descent.
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Constantine I BI Half Nummus. AD 310-311. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right, seen from rear / SOLI INVICTO, Sol standing to left, raising hand and holding globe; PTR in exergue. RIC VI 898. 1.93gr, 19mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Found Heronsgate Resevoir, Chorleywood, UK, 1970s. Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
CONSTANTINVS IVN N C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right, seen from rear / SOLI INVIC-TO COMITI, Sol standing to left, chlamys across left shoulder, raising right hand and holding globe in left hand; S P across fields, PLN in exergue. RIC VII 118; CT 8.09.024; RML 810. 3.34gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Sabina, Augusta AR Denarius. Struck circa AD 133-135. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
SABINA AVGVSTA, diademed and draped bust to right / IVNO-NI REGINAE, Juno standing facing, head to left, holding patera in her right hand and sceptre in her left. RIC 2550 (Hadrian); Cohen 43. 3.28gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
