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)
Opening Bid
£5 (EUR 6; USD 7) +BP*
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Severus Alexander AR Denarius. AD 231-235. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP ALEXANDER PIVS AVG, laureate and draped bust to right / IOVI PROPVGNATORI, Jupiter in fighting stance, head to right, holding thunderbolt and eagle. RIC IV 239; BMCRE 825; RSC 84. 3.06gr, 21mm, 1h.
Good Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck AD 261. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £25 - 35 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / P M TR P COS II P P, emperor in military attire standing to left, holding globe and spear. RIC V.2 54 (Lugdunum). 2.41gr, 22mm, 12h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Gallienus BI Antoninianus. AD 256-260. Samosata mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C P LIC GALLIENVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PIETAS AVGG, emperors, both holding sceptre and patera, facing each other, sacrificing at altar. RIC V.1 447 (Asia, joint reign); MIR 1684m; RSC 792b. 3.91gr, 23mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, September 2009. Ex Roma Numismatics Ltd., E-Sale 104, 15 December 2022, lot 1174. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
