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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Agrippa AE As. Died 12 BC.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £78
Rome mint. Struck under Gaius (Caligula), AD 37-41. M • AGRIPPA • L F • COS III, head to left, wearing rostral crown / Neptune standing facing, head to left, holding small dolphin with right hand and trident with left; S C across fields. RIC I 58 (Gaius); Cohen 3; BMCRE 161 (Tiberius). 10.29gr, 29mm, 7h.
Good Fine. Brown patina with green highlights.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Divus Valerian II AR Antoninianus. Died AD 258.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
Rome mint. Consecration issue. DIVO CAES VALERIANO, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / CONSECRATIO, lighted altar. RIC V 24; MIR 36, 261k; RSC 13. 2.65gr, 21mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From an old UK collection; From the collection of a London antiquarian. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Estimate: £50 - 70 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £25
Lugdunum mint; struck AD 276. 4th officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / TEMPORVM FELICITAS, Felicitas standing facing, head to left, holding long caduceus with right hand and cornucopia with left; Δ in left field, star in right field. RIC V.1 65 (Gaul); MER-RIC 3325 (temporary). 4.44gr, 23mm, 12h.
Good Very Fine. Plenty of silvering remaining.
From a London, UK, collection, 1990s.
