Triton XVIII, Lot: 1180. Estimate $500. Sold for $550. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee. |
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Orbiana. Augusta, AD 225-227. Æ Sestertius (30.5mm, 21.59 g, 12h). Rome mint. Special marriage emission of Alexander, AD 225. SALL BARBIA ORBIANA AVG, draped bust right, wearing stephane / CONCORDIA AVGVS TORVM, S C in exergue, Concordia, draped, seated left on throne, holding patera in extended right hand and cradling double cornucopia in left arm. RIC IV 655 (Alexander); BMCRE 293-4 (Alexander); Banti 1. VF, dark gray patina, cleaning marks. Rare.
From the RAM Collection. Ex Sternberg XXVIII (with Freeman & Sear, 30 October 1995), lot 217; Richard Cyril Lockett Collection (Glendining, 26 May 1959), lot 84.