Lot 5309

Description

Mesopotamia, Carrhae, Caracalla, (A.D. 198-217), AE 20, (3.870 grams), obv. laureate head to right of Caracalla, corrupt legend around, rev. City-goddess (Tyche) to right turreted, COL MET ANT ONINIAN around, (S.2702, BMC 16ff. [p.85], SNG Cop. 179); Severus Alexander, (A.D. 222-235), AE sestertius, Rome mint, issued A.D. 228, (19.9 grams), obv. laureate bust of Severus Alexander to right draped and cuirassed, around IMP CAES M AVR SEV ALEXANDER AVG, rev. around P M TR P VII COS II P P, S C in exergue, emperor sacrificing to left, holding patera over lighted altar, (S.-, RIC 484, C.358) (illustrated). Green earthy patina, for the first coin, very fine and scarce, second coin very fine, both come with collector's card description. (2)

Ex Cappenalle Collection and from Noble Numismatics Auction Sale 87 (lot 4552) for the first coin and previously for the second coin from Noble Numismatics who sold it being from the Cornelius C. Vermeule III. Collection that was sold in Triton III (lot 1719 part) for the benefit of the Boston Museum of Fine Arts,