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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Group of Twenty (20) AE Roman Provincial Coins. Circa 2nd-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £98
Comprising: mixed emperors, issues, denominations and reverse types. 132gr total.
As shown.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 262-263. Treveri mint.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £33
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / HERC PACIFERO, Hercules standing to left, holding olive branch, club and lion skin. RIC V.2 67 (Lugdunum); RIC V.4 209; RSC 101a. 3.42gr, 21mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
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Twenty One [21] Roman, Greek and Celtic Coins. 1st century BC-4th century AD.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £72
Comprising: various rules, issues, and reverse types of Roman coins, plus a debased Durotriges Celtic stater and a Greek AE unit. 52.14gr total, 13-26mm.
As shown.
From a UK collection. Property of a London, UK, antiquarian.
