LOT 2884
Commodus AR Denarius. AD 177-192.
Rome mint; struck AD 184-185. M COMM ANT AVG P BRIT FEL, laureate head to right / P M TR P X IMP VII COS IIII P P, emperor standing to left on platform, right hand raised and holding sceptre with left, three soldiers standing to right below, holding legionary eagles; FID EXERC in exergue. RIC III 110c; BMCRE 160; RSC 140a. Very Fine. Rare.(2.83gr, 18mm, 12h.). [No Reserve]
ProvenanceFrom a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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Constantine II, as Caesar BI Nummus. AD 316-337.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £20
Siscia mint; struck AD 320-321. 1st officina. CONSTANTINVS IVN NOB C, laureate head to right / CAESARVM NOSTRORVM around wreath containing VOT • V in three lines; ASIS(star) in exergue. RIC VII 163. 2.75gr, 18mm, 6h.
Good Extremely Fine. Some silvering remaining.
From a private, UK, collection. -
Galerius, as Caesar, BI Nummus. AD 293-305.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £13
Aquileia mint; struck circa AD 300. 3rd officina. MAXIMIANVS NOB CAES, laureate head to right / SACRA MONETA AVGG ET CAESS NOSTR, Moneta standing to left, holding scales and cornucopia; AQΓ in exergue. RIC VI 30b. 8.84gr, 27 mm, 6h.
Near Extremely Fine.
Ex Duke of Argyll (d.1949) collection; Property of a Norwich, UK, collector. -
Tacitus BI Antoninianus. AD 275-276.
Sold for (Inc. bp): £39
Lugdunum mint; struck May-June AD 276. 3rd officina. IMP CL TACITVS AVG, radiate, draped, and cuirassed bust to right / SALVS AVG, Salus standing facing, head to right, feeding serpent in arms. C-star across fields. RIC V.1 58; MER-RIC 3338. 3.52gr, 22mm, 12h.
Extremely Fine.
Property of a Cambridgeshire, UK, gentleman.
