LOT 3422
Severus Alexander AR Denarius. Struck AD 222. Rome mint.
IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS P P, Salus seated to left, feeding out of patera snake coiled round altar and resting elbow on chair. RIC IV 14; BMCRE 33; RSC 218a. Good Very Fine.(2.49gr, 19mm, 6h.).
ProvenanceFound Gloucestershire, UK.
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Diocletian BI Nummus. Circa AD 296-298. Aquileia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
IMP DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, modius on head, holding patera and cornucopia; AQP in exergue. RIC VI 23a. 9.71gr, 28mm, 6h.
Extremely Fine. Almost complete original silvering.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
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Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 295-296. Cyzicus mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
GAL VAL MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / GENIO AVGG ET CAESARVM NN, Genius, wearing modius on head, standing to left, holding patera and cornucopia, from which liquor flows; KA in exergue. RIC VI 9b. 10.43gr, 28mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Valentinian I AV Solidus. AD 367-375. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £3,250
D N VALENTINIANVS P F AVG, diademed and cuirassed bust to left, wearing helmet decorated with stars, holding spear and shield decorated with horseman motif / VICTORE S AVGVSTI, Valentinian and Gratian seated facing, holding globe between them, Victory flying to left above crowning them; TR◂OB (Treveris in Officina Secunda) in exergue. RIC IX 16b; Cohen 39; Depeyrot 36/1. 4.49gr, 20mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine. Slightly wavy flan. Very Rare and one of the finest known examples.
Found whilst searching with a metal detector near Wem, Shropshire, West Midlands, UK, on 23 June 2024. Accompanied by a copy of the British Museum's Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) report no.LVPL-8A8E89.
