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.).
ProvenanceProperty of a West London, UK, gentleman.
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Tetricus II, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 273-274.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Uncertain mint. C PIV [...]VS CAES, radiate and draped bust to right / Incuse of obverse. 2.42gr, 18mm.
Good Very Fine.
From a private, UK, collection in the 1980s. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantius II AE Centenionalis. AD 337-361.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Constantinople mint; struck AD 348-351. 4th officina. D N CONSTAN-TIVS P F AVG, pearl-diademed, draped and cuirassed bust to left holding globe / FEL TEMP REPARATIO, Constantius in military garb standing facing, head to left, holding labarum with Christogram on banner with right hand and resting his left hand on shield; at his feet, two bound captives to left, looking at each other; Γ in left field; CONSΔ (star) in exergue. RIC VIII 89. 4.25gr, 20mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine.
Property of a North London, UK, gentleman. -
Nero AE Sestertius. AD 54-68.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
Rome mint; struck AD 64. [NERO CLAVD CAESAR AVG GER P M TR P IMP P P], laureate head to right, with aegis / Triumphal arch surmounted by emperor in facing quadriga accompanied by Pax and Victory, flanked by two soldiers; statue of Mars holding spear and shield in niche on left side of arch; S C across fields. RIC I 143; BMCRE 330. 32.29gr, 35mm, 12h.
Fine.
From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman.
