Alexander of Carthage - Usurper

CNG 105, Lot: 966. Estimate $3000. Sold for $3750. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

Alexander of Carthage. Usurper, AD 308-310. Æ Follis (22mm, 4.73 g, 6h). Carthago (Carthage) mint. IMP ALEXANDER P F AVG, laureate head right / ROMAE AETERNAE, Roma, wearing helmet and military attire, standing facing, head left, holding Victory on globe in right hand and vertical scepter with left; PK. RIC VI 71; Salama type VIII. VF, dark green to black patina, reddish-brown earthen highlights/deposits. Rare.

From the A.W. Collection. Ex Berk BBS 119 (15 March 2001), lot 485.