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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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Caligula AE As. AD 37-8. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £364
C CAESAR AVG GERMANICVS PON M TR POT, bare head to left / VESTA, Vesta, veiled and draped, seated to left on throne, holding patera and transverse sceptre; S C across fields. RIC 38; Cohen 27; BMCRE 46. 9.98gr, 29mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian. -
Constantius I, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 297-298. Carthage mint. 8th officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTIVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / FELIX ADVENT AVGG NN, Africa standing facing, head to left, wearing elephant-skin headdress, holding standard and elephant tusk; lion holding bull's head at feet to left, H in left field, PKT in exergue. RIC VI 24a. 9.40gr, 26mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
From the collection of a gentleman, acquired on the London art market in the 1990s. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. Struck AD 268. Treveri mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax standing to left, holding olive branch with right and transverse sceptre with left hand; P in left field. RIC V.2 318 (Colonia Agrippensis); RSC 215b (same). 3.37gr, 20mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
