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. AD 302-303. Thessalonica mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C C VAL DIOCLETIANVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing to left, pouring liquid from patera and holding cornucopia; Γ in right field, •TS• in exergue. RIC VI 25a. 10.79gr, 28mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Some original silvering remaining.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Group of Four [4] Roman Imperial BI Nummi. 3rd century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Various emperors. 32.70gr total.
Condition as seen.
Acquired 1970s-1996. Property of a North American collector. London collection, 2016. -
Severus II BI Nummus. AD 306-307. Heraclea mint. 3rd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £117
IMP C FLA VAL SEVERVS P F AVG, laureate head to right / GENIO POPVLI ROMANI, Genius standing facing, modius on head to left, holding cornucopia and patera from which liquid flows; HTΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30. 9.08gr, 28mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From the private collection of a Canadian gentleman living in Essex, UK, formed since the 1920s-circa 1990. Property of an Essex lady until the the late 1990s; thence by descent. From the private collection of an Essex gentleman since the late 1990s.
