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Auction 32 8 January 2014
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ANCIENT COINS. Roman Coins. Mint of Rome unless otherwise stated. Severus Alexander (A.D. 222-235), Gold Aureus, 6.32g, 7h.Struck A.D. 222.IMP C M AVG SEV ALEXAND AVG, bust of Severus Alexander facing right, laureate, draped and cuirassed. Rev. LIBERALITAS AVGVSTI, Liberalitas standing left, holding tessera and cornucopiae (RIC 149 var (bust); Calicó 3065a (this coin); Biaggi 1309 (this coin); BMC 1 var; C 110 var).Extremely fine.A very rare variety.
Ex Biaggi Collection
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 34, Zürich, 24 November 2006, lot 181
this issue commemorates the donative given by Severus Alexander on the occasion of the consular games on 19 April A.D. 222, just a few weeks after he became Augustus following the murder of Elagabalus.
Part of the Aurora Collection.
Estimate: US$ 8,000
Ex Biaggi Collection
Ex Numismatica Ars Classica, Auction 34, Zürich, 24 November 2006, lot 181
this issue commemorates the donative given by Severus Alexander on the occasion of the consular games on 19 April A.D. 222, just a few weeks after he became Augustus following the murder of Elagabalus.
Part of the Aurora Collection.
Estimate: US$ 8,000