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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LOT 3530
Commodus AE Sestertius.
Estimate £30 - 40€35 - 46 (for guidance only)$41 - 54 (for guidance only)
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Nero Claudius Drusus Fourrée Denarius. Died 9 BC. Lugdunum mint. Possibly a British imitation.
Estimate: £80 - 100 (+bp*)
Bids: 1 | Current Bid: £5
NERO CLAVDIVS DRVSVS GERMANICVS IMP, head of Nero Claudius Drusus to left, wearing oak wreath / Triumphal arch surmounted by equestrian statue to right between two trophies with seated and bound captives, the rider holding spear in his right hand; above and on architrave, DE GERM. For prototype: RIC 70; BMC 97; CBN 3; Cohen 2. 2.77gr, 19mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the private collection of a Sussex, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor BI Antoninianus. AD 260-269. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Emperor standing facing, head to right, holding spear with right hand and globe in left. RIC V.2 83 (Lugdunum) and 325 (Colonia Agrippinensis); RSC 331a. 3.71gr, 21mm, 7h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 264-267. Rome mint. 8th officina.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
GALLIENVS AVG, radiate head to right / MARTI PACIFERO, Mars standing facing, head to left, holding olive-branch, spear and shield; H in left field. RIC V.1 236 (sole reign); MIR 570a var. (H in left field); RSC 617a. 2.83gr, 20mm, 11h.
Near Mint State. Much silvering remaining.
Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 106, 16 February 2023, lot 1067. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
