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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Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 70. Rome mint.
Estimate: £30 - 40 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP CAESAR VESPASIANVS AVG, laureate head to right / COS ITER TR POT, Pax seated to left, holding branch in right hand and caduceus in left. RIC II.1, 29; BMC 26. 2.98gr, 19mm, 6h.
Very Fine.
Acquired on the UK art market. From the collection of Mr Carlos Bahamonde, Manchester, UK. -
City Commemorative BI Nummus. Struck under Constantine I, AD 330-331. Treveri mint. Uncertain officina.
Estimate: £10 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
VRBS ROMA, helmeted bust of Roma to left, wearing imperial mantle / She-wolf standing to left, head reverted, suckling the twins Romulus and Remus; two stars above, TRP•(?) in exergue. Cf. RIC VII 529. 2.32gr, 16mm, 1h.
Good Fine.
Purchased from Fritz Rudolf Künker GmbH & Co. KG, March 2009. Property of a Middlesex gentleman. -
Diva Faustina I AE As. Died AD 140/1. Rome mint.
Estimate: £20 - 30 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
DIVA FAVSTINA, draped bust of Diva Faustina I to right / Female figure standing facing, head to left; [S] C across fields. 9.47gr, 27mm, 12h.
Good Fine.
Found UK. Property of an Essex, UK, gentleman.
