LOT 2888
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 177-192.
Rome mint; struck AD 184-185. 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, holding palm branch and inscribing shield set on lap; [S C] across lower fields, [VICT BRIT] in exergue. Cf. RIC III 452; cf. Cohen 946; cf. BMCRE 560. Fine.(18.51gr, 28mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceFrom the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
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Hadrian AR Denarius. AD 117-138.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £52
Rome mint; struck AD 117. IMP CAES TRAIAN HADRIAN OPT AVG GER DAC, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust of Hadrian to right / PARTHIC DIVI TRAIAN AVG F P M TR P COS P P, Trajan and Hadrian standing facing each other and holding globe between them. BMC -; Cohen 1009 var. (HADRIANO); RIC 3. 2.62gr, 19mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection. -
Fausta, Augusta BI Nummus. AD 324-326.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Treveri mint; struck AD 326. 2nd officina. FLAV MAX FAVSTA AVG, mantled bust to right / SALVS REI-PVBLICAE, Fausta standing facing, holding two infants in her arms; STR (pellet in crescent) in exergue. RIC VII 483. 2.58gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Licinius II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 317-324.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Ticinum mint; struck AD 319. 3rd officina. LICINIVS IVN NOB C, laureate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / VICTORIAE LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories standing facing one another, holding shield inscribed VOT PR on altar inscribed C; T T in exergue. RIC VII 94. 3.46gr, 18mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
From a private collection, UK.
