LOT 4098
Commodus AE Sestertius. Circa 181 BC. Rome mint.
M COMMODVS ANTONINVS AVG, laureate head to right / ANN AVG TR P VI IMP IIII COS III P P, Annona standing facing, head to left, holding cornucopia and grain ears over modius at her feet to left; S C across fields. RIC III 307a; Cohen 5; BMCRE 442. Extremely Fine.(23.71gr, 32mm, 12h.).
ProvenanceEx Roma Numismatics Ltd, E-Sale 103, 24 November 2022, lot 1042 (since professionally conserved).
From the Graham Slater (1927-2024) collection.
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LOT 4098
Commodus AE Sestertius.
Estimate £1,200 - 1,700€1,390 - 1,970 (for guidance only)$1,620 - 2,300 (for guidance only)
Opening Bid
£650 (EUR 754; USD 878) +BP*
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Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. Struck mid-late AD 263. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £5
IMP C POSTVMVS P F AVG, radiate, draped and cuirassed bust to right / PAX AVG, Pax advancing to left, holding olive branch in right hand and long sceptre in left. RIC V.4 217; AGK (corr.) 51; Cunetio 2405; Elmer 333. 2.56gr, 22mm, 7h.
Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Postumus, Romano-Gallic Emperor AR Antoninianus. AD 261. Treveri mint.
Estimate: £15 - 20 (+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); RSC 243a. 4.10gr, 22mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE Dupondius. Circa 25 BC. Pergamum or Ephesos mint.
Estimate: £3,000 - 4,000 (+bp*)
Opening Bid: £1,400
AVGVSTVS, bare head right / Large C A within laurel wreath with prows framed by double-pelleted border. RIC 501 (Pergamum); RPC 2234; C. Howgego, Coinage and Military Finance: the Imperial Bronze Coinage of the Augustan East, NC 1982, Class 2b. 14.11gr, 27mm, 1h.
Extremely Fine.
Ex Roma Numismatics. Acquired on UK art market. Property of a Middlesex gentleman.
