LOT 3530
Commodus AE Sestertius. Struck possibly AD 186-187. Rome mint.
M COMMODVS ANT P FE[LIX AVG BRIT?], laureate head to right / [NOBILITAS AVG P M TR P XII?] IMP VIII [COS V P P?], Nobilitas standing facing, head to left, holding sceptre in left and palladium(?) in right hand; S C across fields. Cf. RIC 501. Near Very Fine.(23.97gr, 31mm, 11h.).
ProvenanceFrom the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman.
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Constantine I BI Nummus. AD 319. Siscia mint. 1st officina.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £59
CONSTANTINVS AVG, high-crested helmeted and cuirassed bust to left, holding shield and spear across shoulder / VICT•LAETAE PRINC PERP, two Victories holding shield inscribed VOT PR in two lines over altar inscribed I; •ASIS• in exergue. RIC VII 84. 3.61gr, 19mm, 6h.
Good Very Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1403. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Valerian I BI Antoninianus. AD 255-256. Samosata mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £26
IMP C P LIC VALERIANVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, emperors, both holding sceptre and patera, facing each other, sacrificing at altar; star above. RIC V.1 285 var. (bust; Antioch); MIR 1699q; RSC 152 var. (same). 3.27gr, 21mm, 12h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1155. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
![Group of Ten [10] Late Roman AE Coins.](https://timelineauctions.com/upload/images/items/small/255018-s.jpg)
Group of Ten [10] Late Roman AE Coins. 4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £91
Comprising: mixed emperors, denominations and reverse types. 30.73gr total, 17-24mm.
As shown.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK.
