LOT 4109
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. Good Very Fine.(3.32gr, 19mm, 7h.).
ProvenanceEx German art market, 2000s.
Acquired from an EU collector living in London.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
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LOT 4109
Severus Alexander AR Denarius.
Estimate £70 - 90€81 - 104 (for guidance only)$95 - 122 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£35 (EUR 41; USD 47) +BP*
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Ostrogoths, Athalaric AV Solidus. Dated AD 530-539. Ravenna or Rome mint. Pseudo-imperial issue, in the name of Justinian I.
Estimate: £2,000 - 3,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,000
D N IVSTINIANVS P Γ AVC (partially ligate), diademed, helmeted and cuirassed bust of Justinian I facing slightly to right, holding spear over shoulder and shield with horseman motif on arm / VICTORIA AVCCC (pellet) A, Victory standing to left, holding long voided cross; star to left, COMOB in exergue, pellets at end of exergual line. Ladich 4 var. (no pellet in legend; Rome); MEC I 122 var. (same; Rome); BMC Vandals 4 (Ravenna); Roma XXV, lot 1137 (same dies). 4.40gr, 21mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. A gem of Migrationary coinage. Very rare.
From the Brightwalton Collection. Acquired on the UK coin market. From the private coin collection of a West London, UK, gentleman. -
Caracalla AR Denarius. AD 201-206. Rome mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
ANTONINVS PIVS AVG, laureate head to right / VOTA SVSCEPTA X, Caracalla, veiled, standing facing, head to left, sacrificing out of patera with his right hand over lighted tripod altar. RIC 68; BMC 396-7; Cohen 686. 2.52gr, 20mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From UK private collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Augustus AE Dupondius. Circa 25 BC. Pergamum or Ephesos mint.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Large C A within laurel wreath with prows framed by double-pelleted border. RIC 501 (Pergamum); RPC 2234; C. Howgego, Coinage and Military Finance: the Imperial Bronze Coinage of the Augustan East, NC 1982, Class 2b. 14.11gr, 27mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
