Details
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]
Provenance
From a private Barnsley, UK, family collection.
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