Offers considered $195 - Severus Alexander Tetradrachm, pedigreed to 1895 EGYPT, Alexandria. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235 BI Tetradrachm Dated RY 5 (AD 225/6) Laureate, draped bust r. A KAI MAP AVP CEV AΛEΞANΔO CEV Laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust right Diakosyne standing facing, head left, holding cornucopia and scales; LЄ to left K&G 62.58; Köln 2428-9; Dattari 4293 Ex W.C. Boyd Collection (Baldwin's 42, 26 September 2005), lot 207 (part of), purchased from Spink & Sons, January 1895 $125 - Rare Claudius as from the newly-identified Iberian mint ROME. Claudius. AD 41-53. Æ As (28mm, 11.64 g, 6 h). Official issue. Iberian mint I, engraver A. Struck AD 41-circa 50. Bare head left Minerva advancing right, brandishing spear and holding round shield; S C flanking RIC I -; Besombes & Barrandon pl. V, 2/3 (obv./rev.) $45 - Scarce anonymous quadrans depicting a griffin ROME. temp. Domitian-Antoninus Pius. Circa AD 81-160 Æ Quadrans (16mm, 3.99 g, 12 h) Rome mint Griffin seated left, paw on wheel Tripod; S C flanking Weigel 15; RIC II 28; Cohen 38 Weigel reconsiders the anonymous quadrantes as a cohesive group. The series portrays a pantheon of eleven deities: Jupiter, Minerva, Roma, Neptune, Tiber, Mars, Venus, Apollo, Mercury, Bacchus/Liber, and Hercules. Types are primarily a portrait of the god, with an attribute on the reverse and are usually influenced by (but not directly copied from) earlier designs, primarily from the Republic. He updates the series to the reigns of Hadrian and Antoninus. $65 each, the lot for $750 - clay seal impressions of the 2nd century Clay bulla 1st-2nd century AD Mercury standing l., holding bag and caduceus Ex F. Bollman Collection; Ex PBJI Bullae were seals attached to documents or orders as a means of authentication. The reverse of the piece bears striations from papyrus or cloth and still bears the fingerprints of the official who pressed it. Thirteen available: http://www.forumancientcoins.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=2897
