Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Imperial
Lot 3853 Session 12 (11.30am Thursday) Roman Silver & Bronze Coins - Imperial
Estimate $700
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SEVERUS ALEXANDER, (A.D.222-235), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 222-231, (20.7 g), obv. laureate bust of Severus Alexander to right draped and cuirassed, around IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, rev. around ANNONA AVGVSTI, S C across base, Annona standing to left holding corn ears over modius and cornucopiae, (S.7962, RIC 548, C.35). Dark green patina, nearly extremely fine and rare.
Ex Spink & Son, London, May 1944 (25/-) and sold August 1950 to Corneliuus C. Vermeule III, whose collection was sold in Triton III (lot 1719 part) for the benefit of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, with two tickets and from Noble Numismatics Sale 71 (lot 4431).
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Lot 3851
SEVERUS ALEXANDER, (A.D.222-235), silver denarius, issued 230, Rome mint, (2.53 g), obv. laureate head to ...
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SEVERUS ALEXANDER, (A.D.222-235), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 222-231, (20.7 g), obv. laureate bust ...
Estimate $700
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SEVERUS ALEXANDER, (A.D. 222-235) various AE sestertii rev. Pax advancing left, (16.06 g) (S.7984); Annona ...
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Lot 3855
ORBIANA, wife of Severus Alexander, (married A.D.225), silver denarius, issue struck at Rome c.225 A.D, ...
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