Details
LOT 2886
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 177-192.
Rome mint; struck AD 186-189. M COMM ANT P FEL AVG BRIT, laureate head to right / OPTIME MAXIME, Jupiter standing to left, holding thunderbolt in right hand and sceptre with left; C V P P in exergue. RIC III 192; BMCRE 233; RSC 387. Very Fine. Some scratches on reverse; edge chipped.(2.41gr, 17mm, 6h.).
Provenance
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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