THRACE, Byzantium. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Medallion (36mm, 29.56 g, 7h). M. Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Feste, magistrates. VF.

Triton XXIX
Lot: 463. Estimated: $ 1 500

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THRACE, Byzantium. Severus Alexander. AD 222-235. Æ Medallion (36mm, 29.56 g, 7h). M. Aurelius Fronto and Aelia Feste, magistrates. ΑΛΕZΑΝΔΡΟC AVΓ AVT K M AVP CEV, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust left, holding spear and shield decorated with coiled serpent / ΕΠ M AVP ΦPONTΩC KAI AIΛ ΦHCTHC, BYZAN TIΩN in exergue, Severus Alexander on horseback right, chlamys flowing behind, holding spear in right hand, reins in left hand; c/m: gilded K. Schönert-Geiss, Byzantion 1739 footnote¹ (V206/R394 – this coin); RPC VI Online 893.7 (this coin); Varbanov 1927 (R7); Berlin III, p. 155, 100 (this coin, c/m read as H). Brown surfaces, light roughness, edge filing. VF. Very rare. The gilded K countermark is believed to have been applied during the Italian Renaissance.

Ex Noonans 165 (4 December 2019), lot 904; Theodor Prowe Collection (Egger XLVI, 11 May 1914), lot 23; Duplicates from the Berlin Königliches Münzkabinett (Part II, A. Hess Nachf., 12 March 1906), lot 79; Berlin Acc.1845/5317 = Caparanesi Sale (Rome 1845).

During the late Renaissance, we occasionally see wealthy collectors adding their signature mark to coins in their collections, often times in the form of India ink numbers or punch marks. This unidentified collector added a gilded letter K punched into the reverse of this coin. Other known countermarks include Christina, Queen of Sweden and the Este collection (for an example of the latter, see lot 574 in this sale, provenanced to 1538).

The final winners of all Triton XXIX lots will be determined at the live public sale that will be held on 13-14 January 2026.

Triton XXIX – Session Two – Lot 302-613 will be held Tuesday afternoon, 13 January 2026 beginning at 2:00 PM ET.

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