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.).
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Julia Domna AR Denarius. AD 193-211.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £65
Rome mint; struck AD 196-211. IVLIA AVGVSTA, draped bust to right / SAECVLI FELICITAS, Isis, wearing polos, standing to right, resting left foot on prow, holding patera and infant Horus at breast, rudder leaning against altar behind. RIC IV 577 (Septimius); BMCRE 75 (Septimius and Caracalla); RSC 174. 2.37gr, 18mm, 6h.
Very Fine. Toned.
Ex Stocker collection, Kent, UK, 1955-early 2000s. -
Vespasian AR Denarius. AD 69-79.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £702
Ephesus mint; struck AD 71. IMP CAESAR VESPAS AVG COS III TR P P P, laureate head to right / PACI • ORB TERR • AVG, turreted and draped female bust to right, [EPHE (ligate)] below. RIC II.1 1433; BMCRE 459; RSC 293. 3.37gr, 18mm, 7h.
Extremely Fine. Some delamination on obverse.
Ex German art market, 2000s. Acquired from an EU collector living in London. From the collection of a Surrey, UK, gentleman. -
Augustus AE As. 27 BC-AD 14.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £46
Lugdunum mint; struck 15-10 BC. CAESAR PONT MAX, laureate head to right / Front elevation of the Altar of Lugdunum, decorated with the corona civica between laurels, flanked by nude male figures, Victories on columns to left and right facing one another; ROM ET AVG in exergue. RIC I 230; BMCRE 550. 11.58gr, 26mm, 6h.
Near Very Fine.
From the collection of a London antiquarian, formed since the 1980s.
