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Auction 139 15 February 2017
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A DISTINGUISHED COLLECTION OF ROMAN BRONZE COINS, THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Septimius Severus, Sestertius, Rome, c. 211, laureate bust right, l sept severvs pivs avg, rev. victoriae brittannicae, two Victories placing shield on palm-tree, below which are two seated captives, s c in exergue, 24.20g (RIC 818; C 732; Sear 6443; Spink 652). Reverse slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine or better, dark green patina £800-1,000
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Provenance: E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 228 [from a Basle sale].
Although the campaigns against the Caledonians in Britain between 208 and 211 were far from a sweeping success, numerous coins celebrating the Roman victory were struck by Severus as well as by his sons, Caracalla and Geta
ANCIENT COINS, Roman Imperial Coinage, Septimius Severus, Sestertius, Rome, c. 211, laureate bust right, l sept severvs pivs avg, rev. victoriae brittannicae, two Victories placing shield on palm-tree, below which are two seated captives, s c in exergue, 24.20g (RIC 818; C 732; Sear 6443; Spink 652). Reverse slightly off-centre, otherwise very fine or better, dark green patina £800-1,000
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Provenance: E.A. Sydenham Collection, Glendining Auction, 10 December 1941, lot 228 [from a Basle sale].
Although the campaigns against the Caledonians in Britain between 208 and 211 were far from a sweeping success, numerous coins celebrating the Roman victory were struck by Severus as well as by his sons, Caracalla and Geta