| Portuscalle Numismatica > December 2023 Auction | Auction date: 10 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 296 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: The Roman Empire Severus Alexander, AV aureus 6.08 g. Rome. AD 233-235. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust right. / IOVI VLTORI, Jupiter seated left, holding Victory and spear. RIC 142c; Calicó 3062; Sear 7809; Scarse. VF. Starting price: 1500 EUR |  |
Match 1:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 143 | Auction date: 7 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 583 Price realized: 130 CHF (Approx. 144 USD / 133 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: The Dioscuri Collection. The Roman Empire. Severus Alexander, 222 – 235. Denarius 226, AR 19 mm, 2.80 g. IMP CM AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. PM TR P V COS II PP Mars advancing r., holding spear and trophy. C 281. BMC 355. RIC 53. About extremely fine Estimate: 100 CHF |  |
Match 2:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 115 | Auction date: 21 December 2023 |
| Lot number: 907 Price realized: Unsold | |
| Lot description: Severus Alexander Æ Limes Denarius. Uncertain eastern mint (Antioch?), AD 223. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Cf. RIC IV 275; cf. BMCRE 1051-2; cf. RSC 38 (all in silver). 2.77g, 20mm, 6h. Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 1013; Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Estimate: 40 GBP |  |
Match 3:
| Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 119 | Auction date: 24 April 2024 |
| Lot number: 1485 Price realized: 15 GBP (Approx. 19 USD / 17 EUR) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Severus Alexander Æ Limes Denarius. Uncertain eastern mint (Antioch?), AD 223. IMP C M AVR SEV ALEXAND AVG, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / CONCORDIA, Concordia seated to left, holding patera and cornucopiae. Cf. RIC IV 275; cf. BMCRE 1051-2; cf. RSC 38 (all in silver). 2.77g, 20mm, 6h. Very Fine. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 102, 3 November 2022, lot 1013; Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Estimate: 25 GBP |  |
Match 4:
| Numismatica Ars Classica > Auction 146 | Auction date: 8 May 2024 |
| Lot number: 2373 Price realized: This lot is for sale in an upcoming auction - Bid on this lot  | |
| Lot description: Macrinus, 217 – 218. Aureus 217-218, AV 20 mm, 7.00 g. IMP C M OPEL SEV – MACRINVS AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. LIBERALITAS AVG Macrinus and Diadumenianus seated l. on platform; behind officer standing l.; before Liberalitas, holding abacus and cornucopiae. Below platform, citizen. C 43. BMC 71. RIC 79. Kent-Hirmer pl. 97, 414 (this reverse die). Calicó 2947. Very rare. A magnificent portrait struck in high relief and an interesting reverse composition. Minor edge marks, otherwise good extremely fine Ex Bourgey 18 November 1957, 336; NFA 27, 1991, 151 and NAC 62, 2011, 2048 sales. Macrinus, who was of Berber origin, was Rome's first emperor of equestrian background and was Rome's only emperor to hail from Mauretania. He was a prominent jurist and bureaucrat, such that when Caracalla ascended the throne upon the death of Septimius Severus he made Macrinus his praetorian prefect. As commander of the imperial bodyguard, Macrinus was with the emperor in the East during Caracalla's preparations for his planned invasion of Parthia, and it was at Macrinus' instigation that Caracalla was assassinated by one of his own soldiers, Justin Martialis. After Caracalla's murder, Macrinus proclaimed himself emperor, assuming the titles and powers that came with the position of supreme leadership without awaiting confirmation from the Senate in Rome. This along with his less than noble origins (all previous emperors had hailed from the senatorial class) did not especially endear him to the Roman Senate. Furthermore, unlike his predecessor, Macrinus was more circumspect with the imperial finances. Where Caracalla had increased the soldiers' yearly pay from 2000 to 3000 sestertii, Macrinus decreed that any newly recruited soldiers would receive the salary that had existed before the increase. This is understandable given the dire situation of the State's finances, and was an absolute necessity given that Caracalla's expensive military campaigns had all but depleted the state's coffers. The veteran soldiers, however, saw this as the precursor to their own eventual reduction in pay and privileges, and when the opportunity presented they revolted. That opportunity came because Macrinus had made the mistake of freeing the extended family of Caracalla, allowing them to return to their hometown of Emesa. Still based at Antioch – Macrinus never had the opportunity to visit Rome after becoming emperor – his safety became jeopardised when the scheming aunt of Caracalla, Julia Maesa, used her vast wealth to secure the allegiance of the soldiers or the legio III Gallica, who were stationed at nearby Raphanea. They proclaimed Maesa's 14 year-old grandson, Elagabal, emperor, and the boy's tutor led the troops to engage Macrinus who fled the field of battle and was soon captured and executed. Estimate: 75000 CHF |  |
Match 5:
| Eid Mar Auctions GmbH > Auction 2 | Auction date: 10 February 2024 |
| Lot number: 459 Price realized: 18,000 EUR (Approx. 19,415 USD) Note: Prices do not include buyer's fees. | |
| Lot description: Roman Imperial Probus 276-282 AD. AV Heavy Aureus ( 22mm, 7,11g.). Serdica mint. IMP C M AVR PROBVS P AVG Laureate, draped and cuirassed bust r. Rev. MARS – VI – CTOR Mars advancing r., holding spear and trophy; captive sat at his feet. C 331 . Highly interesting heavy issue which standart actually should be 1 ,5 Aureus or Binio. Superb grade of preservation, Virtually as Struck, bold portrait with a military look, a military symbolic and propaganda was actually the message of this coin also with the Mars on the reverse, struck circa 277-280 AD. for the military campaign agains the Longiones and Alamanni. Estimate: 22500 EUR Starting price: 18000 EUR |  |
