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Roma Numismatics Ltd > E-Sale 90Auction date: 18 November 2021
Lot number: 777

Lot description:


Severus Alexander Æ 35mm of Byzantium, Thrace. AD 222-235. Marcus Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Festa, magistrates. ΑVΤ Κ Μ ΑVΡ ϹΕVΗ ΑΛΕΖΑΝΔΡΟϹ AVΓ, laureate head to right / ΕΠ Μ ΑVΡ ΦΡΟΝΤΩΝΟϹ ΚΑΙ ΑΙΛ ΦΗϹΤΗϹ ΒΥΖΑΝΤΙΩΝ, two conical wicker baskets. CNT 1012;
Schönert-Geiß 1758; Pick 21a; CNG e215, 409. 23.80g, 35mm, 12h.

Near Very Fine. Very Rare; seemingly the first example to be offered at auction since 2009.

From a private North American collection.

Estimate: 50 GBP