LOT 3101
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 177-192.
Rome mint; struck AD 186. M COMMODVS ANT P FELIX AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P [XI IMP VII COS V P P], emperor standing to left on platform, addressing four soldiers; [S C] across fields, [F]ID EXERCI[T] in exergue. RIC III 468b; Cohen 136; BMCRE 580. Near Very Fine.(22.18gr, 29mm, 6h). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceAcquired on the UK art market;
Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
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Carausius, Romano-British Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 286-293.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £104
Uncertain mint. IMP CARAVSIVS P AVG, radiate and draped bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding branch and transverse sceptre. RIC V.2 881. 2.71gr, 21mm, 7h
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, collector. -
Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Rome mint; struck AD 129-130. HADRIANVS AVGVSTVS, bare-headed, draped and cuirassed bust to left / INDVLGENTIA AVG • P P, Indulgentia seated to left on throne, extending her right hand and holding sceptre in her left; COS III in exergue. RIC II.3 1023; Cohen -; BMC -. 1.97gr, 18mm, 6h
Near Very Fine. Surface blister on obverse. Very rare type.
Acquired on the UK art market; Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman. -
Tetricus I, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 271-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Treveri mint; struck AD 273. IMP C TETRICVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / VIRTVS AVGG, Mars standing to left, holding spear and shield. RIC V.2 148. 4.41gr, 23mm, 7h
Good Very Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009; From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian.
