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LOT 2887
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 184-185.
Rome mint. M COMMODVS ANTON AVG PIVS BRIT, laureate head to right / P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, Victory seated to right on shields, inscribing shield set on lap; S C across lower fields, VICT BRIT in exergue. RIC III 452; C. 946; BMCRE 560. Good Fine.(16.11gr, 28mm, 12h.).
Provenance
Property of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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