Details
LOT 3166
Commodus AE As. AD 177-192.
Rome mint; struck AD 190. M COMM ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT P P, laureate head to right / VOT XX P M TR P XV IMP VIII COS VI S C in five lines within laurel wreath with jewel at apex. RIC III 576; Cohen 999; BMCRE 664. Near Very Fine.(10.14gr, 23mm, 12h.).
Provenance
From the private collection of Kenneth Machin (1936-2020).
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