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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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Constantine I BI Nummus. Struck circa AD 311-312. London mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
CONSTANTINVS P AVG, laureate and cuirassed bust to right / PRINCIPI IVVENTVTIS, Prince standing to left, holding globe and reversed spear, star in right field; PLN in exergue. RIC VI 227; C&T 7.07.020; RML 471. 4.90gr, 23mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian. -
Trajan AR Denarius. AD 113-114. Rome mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £234
IMP TRAIANO AVG GER DAC P M TR P COS VI P P, laureate head to right, slight drapery on far shoulder / S P Q R OPTIMO PRINCIPI, Felicitas standing to left, holding caduceus and cornucopia. RIC II 272; BMCRE 421; Woytek 422b; RSC 404a. 3.31gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Constans, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 334-335. Siscia mint. 4th(?) officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
FL CONSTANTIS BEA C, laureate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / GLORIA EXERCITVS, two soldiers standing, spear in outer hand, two standards between them; •Δ(?)SIS• in exergue. RIC VII 238. 2.20gr, 17mm, 11h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK market. Property of a London antiquarian.
