Alexander of Carthage, Usurper

CNG 94, Lot: 1093. Estimate $5000. Sold for $4250. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexander of Carthage. Usurper, AD 308-310. Æ Follis (22mm, 4.99 g, 6h). Carthago (Carthage) mint. IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG, laureate head right / IOVI CONSERVATORI, Jupiter standing left, holding thunderbolt and scepter. RIC VI 69; Salama Type VI. Good VF, brown patina, some red and green encrustation.

From the Ronald J. Hansen Collection. Ex Numismatica Ars Classica 51 (5 March 2009), lot 423.