PONTUS, Neocaesarea. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (30.5mm, 15.57 g, 1h). Games issue. Dated CY 171 (AD 234/5). VF.

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Lot: 341.
Closing Date: Dec 4 2024 10:00 ET

Roman Provincial, Bronze

Estimate: $ 100

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PONTUS, Neocaesarea. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ (30.5mm, 15.57 g, 1h). Games issue. Dated CY 171 (AD 234/5). Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right, seen from behind / Prize table, holding agonistic prize crown containing two palm fronds; below, urn with two palm fronds; flanking table legs, prize crown containing palm frond; ЄT POA (date) in exergue. Çizmeli 270b (D2/R9) = RPC VI Online 6551.8 (this coin); RG 45; SNG von Aulock 105. Brown patina, slight porosity. VF. Rare, only two specimens known to Çizmeli.

From the collection of Major Anthony F. Milavic, USMC (Ret.). Ex Hirsch 176 (20 November 1992), lot 780.


Closing Date and Time: 4 December 2024 at 11:53:20 ET.

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