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LOT 2936
Commodus AE Sestertius. AD 183. Rome mint.
M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG PIVS, laureate head to right / [TR P VIII] IMP VI COS IIII P P, Fortuna standing to left, holding rudder on globe and cornucopia; S C across fields. RIC 372; BMCRE 514 note. Near Very Fine.(24.30gr, 30mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Lodge Antiquities, UK.
From the private collection of an Essex, UK, lady.
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Claudius AE As. Struck circa AD 41-50. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
TI CLAVDIVS CAESAR AVG P M TR P IMP, bare head to left / CONSTANTIAE AVGVSTI, Minerva standing to left, in military dress, leaning on sceptre held in left hand; S C across fields. RIC I 95; BMC 140. 11.22gr, 29mm, 11h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantine II, as Caesar AE Nummus. AD 323-324. Treveri mint. 2nd officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM, VOT • X in three lines within laurel wreath; STR (crescent) below. RIC VII 441. 4.25gr, 20mm, 10h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Classical Numismatic Group. Property of a Middlesex, UK, antiquarian. -
Severina, Augusta BI Antoninianus. Struck September-November AD 275. Antioch mint. 4th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
SEVERINA P F AVG, diademed and draped bust to right on crescent / CONCORDIA AVG, Aurelian, on the left, and Severina, on the right, standing facing each other and clasping their right hands; Q between, XXI in exergue. RIC V online 3202; Cohen 1. 4.11gr, 25mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine. Double struck of obverse. Rare variety from Antioch mint.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s.
